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Originally Posted by ceebee23
It seems from all the reports and the recreated/restored equipment that CBS's field sequential system was capable of excellent results...the real problem was its incompatibility with existing sets.
I am not sure how flexible it was in operation switching between cameras etc.
And of course it would have migrated to all electronic pretty quickly.
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The CBS system also benefitted from careful staging of every demo. I have a copy of a CBS technical memo describing problems with a bright red sweater, developing a cyan halo due to overexposure of the image orthicon. The solution was to substitute a darker sweater.