NTSC Pennant?

[Phil Nelson]

Originally Posted by Pete Deksnis

May just have been a print illustration.

That seems likely. The plate in this book just reproduces the IRE illustration, which certainly isn't in TV format.

I think I have seen a recommendation from you for this book, in fact -- Basic Television by Bernard Grob.

I have been using this as a computer desktop background and thought someone might happen to have a better version. The scan I made looks kinda fuzzed when blown up to 1440 x 900 resolution. Still jolly, though.

Phil

[Pete Deksnis]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

That seems likely. The plate in this book just reproduces the IRE illustration, which certainly isn't in TV format.

I think I have seen a recommendation from you for this book, in fact -- Basic Television by Bernard Grob.

I have been using this as a computer desktop background and thought someone might happen to have a better version. The scan I made looks kinda fuzzed when blown up to 1440 x 900 resolution. Still jolly, though.

Phil

The printers must still have been setting up the press when they printed my color plate as it is not as good as the image you posted. Your color is more accurate -- especially yellow -- and so is your registration. Like to get my hands on the original color separations. It'd be like Chuck Pharis acquiring the original RCA Indian Head artwork.

Pete

[Joel Cairo]

Here's an enlarged (and slightly color-corrected) version of the original image that was posted above... it could still be sharpened a bit, if that's your preference.

The size is now 1024 x 599.

Hope this is useful...

-Kevin

[Phil Nelson]

Cool. How did you do color correction? I'm a dolt when it comes to using Paintshop. I have the original scan (820K !) at http://antiqueradio.org/art/temp/NTSCBackground.jpg .

Phil

[Joel Cairo]

Wow-- thanks for supplying the original scan, Phil!

I've similarly color corrected the original (as well as did a quick bit of clean-up to even out the lighter blue on the right, and get rid of a few dark spots and image flaws), and reduced it to the same 1024 x 599 size. The reduction route gives much nicer results than blowing up a small image, since the final picture retains a lot of the texture of the original, which my blow-up wouldn't have had, even if it were sharpened.

Looks decent enough, I'd say...

-Kevin

[Phil Nelson]

That's much better. It's already on my desktop. Thanks!

Phil

[wa2ise]

Did a little photoshopping

And the digital version as well

[cbenham]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

That seems likely. The plate in this book just reproduces the IRE illustration, which certainly isn't in TV format.

I think I have seen a recommendation from you for this book, in fact -- Basic Television by Bernard Grob.

I have been using this as a computer desktop background and thought someone might happen to have a better version. The scan I made looks kinda fuzzed when blown up to 1440 x 900 resolution. Still jolly, though. Phil

I found two versions in my files and I think they both came from attachments on Videokarma. Cliff