Re: Baird 3-D TV

[P3D Norm Lehfeldt <norml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If this has whetted anybody's appetite, email me for the address/phone no.
of  Peter Yanczer in (I believe) Indianapolis. He has written a book,  "The
Mechanics of Television," that describes these systems in detail. He also
sells kits and complete systems so modern experimenters can construct their
own. It's on my list of things to do.

Norm


>Tom Johnstone asked about John Logie Baird's TV system...
>
>     JLB did a lot of work with mechanical/electrical TV in 20's and 30's. As
>I recall his 3-D TV was essentially transmission of two views side-by-side.
>     The earlier systems used a scanning disk ~three feet in diameter and
>gave a resolution of 36 to 48 lines. This signal could be recorded on a 78rpm
>disk or transmitted by shortwave.


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