Author: gilligans1

Discussions of 1929 TV milestones like 'color over a wire' and other events are described,…

And you thought 3-D television was a new thing. Ha!

"Where Television Stands Today" is an 8-page article written for Modern Mechanics by one of…

From Everyday Science and Mechanics, a few quick notes on the state of mechanical and…

Suffice it to say that TV has come a long way, but this 4 page…

The true father of television as we know it shares his thoughts on the new…

Now this is interesting! Here is a Modern Mechanix article from November 1937 that is…

Here are two very interesting articles with great pictures to show what it took to…

Again, it's amazing how so many 'new' ideas are so old!

Engineering types will love this great discussion on transmission techniques. Coaxial, long wave and more…

When I first saw this, I was very curious how this could possibly happen with…

Wow! This nine-page article from Mechanix Illustrated is full of pictures, but the story is…

This four-page interview found Philo at age 33 and comes four years after his first…

The question of the day: the choice between the CBS color wheel (sequential field system)…

This is one of the first articles I've seen that starts to move the thought…

This is about as good as it gets! These 11 pages from the January 1949…

Popular Mechanics shows in detail how one of the 1952 political conventions would be televised…

Great article on how the first coast-to-coast, split-screen telecast of the 1954 Oscar ceremony was…

A one-page article on the DuMont Electronicam and its use on Jackie Gleason's classic program…

Here is a 1955 article on some of the special effects Ernie Kovacs used on…