The First High-Definition TV, Circa 1958 222
An anonymous reader sends us to Gizmag for a look at a recent auction of a large collection of antique TVs. The star of the show was the Teleavia type P111, one of the earliest examples of high-definition TV. This rare 1958 console-stand television was designed by Flaminio Bertroni, who was also responsible for the iconic Citroen DS. The TV featured dual resolution capability, with the higher setting offering better resolution than 720p — 819 lines. This early attempt at a high-def standard, originating in France in 1949, didn't catch on in the marketplace.
First hidef first post (Score:4, Funny)
Re:The Citroen (Score:2, Funny)
Is that web page ahead of it's time or do I just need to update my browser? ow.
This didn't catch on. . (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, but you are getting older (Score:3, Funny)
Get off of my lawn!
Re:And how far we have not come (Score:4, Funny)
Really? I'm not all that hot on using a microscope just to see my cursor...
Bah. Lazy young whippersnappers. In my day the displays were fluorescent orange on black, and the cursor was only one pixel in size. You didn't hear us complaining about the size of the cursor - we were just glad to have one at all, after the cursor shortages brought on by the war! You kids and your lah-dee-dah arrow cursors and 16 million colors don't know what you've got!
Re:First hidef first post (Score:3, Funny)
Fine kerning doesn't matter, if there's only Arial and Comic Sans MS to look at.
Re:The Citroen (Score:1, Funny)
Confusing a 2CV with a DS is like confusing Win 3.11 with NeXTSTEP.
(or do these car analogies work the other way around?)
Re:This didn't catch on. . (Score:2, Funny)