Dumont Kinescope Machines: Quite a rare photo
Before there was video tape, tele transcription was done via the kinescope process. Inside the cabinet, behind the panel door there is a cathode ray, or picture tube pointing up so the image can be seen via the mirror box. The image is then recorded by a small film camera as seen here with the film magazine above it. The operator can adjust the picture quality and audio with the oscilloscope and control panels shown here.
Map of CBS New York Studios And Properties: 1960 This rare map will give you an idea of how much real estate CBS owned and leased in the city in 1960. Thanks to someone with a red pencil, we see the studio locations circled. Notice that the Broadcast Center on W 57 Street is referred […]
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We had a Kinescope room at the first TV station I worked for in Brooklyn. The only remains by the time I got there was a button on an intercom panel in Master Control that said KINESCOPE.
even rare. Engineer wearing a suit.
The Museum of Science and Industry in Tampa had a kinescope machine on display years ago back in the 1990’s. Had to go see it because I’d never actually seen one before. Interesting to see.