15GP22 Owner Pole

[ohohyodafarted]

Originally Posted by old_tv_nut

To make a long story sort, the major difference from a modern phosphor set (besides being considerably dimmer) is that the green is less yellow and more "kelly green" - this gives the possibility of a wider range of green and blue-green saturated colors.

And thusly, a 15GP22 looks more like true Technicolor motion picture film. I saw Pete Deksnis' CT100 in person, which he has set up better than any CT100 I have seen. The color on Pete's set will knock your socks off if you are viewing the right program material.

If you are reading this post Pete, perhaps you could give us a list of those special DVD's you have that were digitally remastered from the original Technicolor masters, and maybe some links as to where these special DVD's can be purchased.

Pete also has an adapter on his CT100 that allows you to run the set as a "monitor" and bypass the tuning section so you can drive the set directly from the video of your DVD player. I think the video adapter is a great mod and when I get my sets up and running, the video adapter mod will be high on my list of things to do.

Bob

[zenithfan1]

Originally Posted by ohohyodafarted

And thusly, a 15GP22 looks more like true Technicolor motion picture film. I saw Pete Deksnis' CT100 in person, which he has set up better than any CT100 I have seen. The color on Pete's set will knock your socks off if you are viewing the right program material.


Bob

I second that, the picture is amazing on that thing Pete, I use a screenshot for my desktop. Also, these full gamut phosphor tubes are designed to utilize the full I and Q demodulator system, something that the60's sets did not do. They only use "y" demod.

[Pete Deksnis]

Originally Posted by ohohyodafarted

Pete, perhaps you could give us a list of those special DVD's you have that were digitally remastered from the original Technicolor masters, and maybe some links as to where these special DVD's can be purchased.Bob

Here is a page on my site about the 3-strip technicolor DVD's. I don't know what may be available today; they were in general distribution.

http://home.att.net/~pldexnis/potpou...demo-DVDs.html


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This page on my site documented one step in the quest for a vintage-hardware-based system that could show us what color television at its best looked like in 1954. Using modern instrumentation, it shows that an over 50-year-old 15GP22 is still capable of reproducing the 1953 NTSC color space.

http://home.att.net/~pldexnis/CTC2_h...GP22gamut.html

You will note at the bottom of the page there is a link to the full Monty: a demo of 15GP22 color capability at the 2007 Early Television Foundation museum's convention, which I am sure most of you have seen.


Note also that I did not do it alone; participants included, in alphabetical order, Chuck Azzalina, Wayne Bretl, John Folsom, Steve Kissinger, Steve McVoy, Ed Reitan, and others...