PHONE VISION LATEST OF RADIO MARVELS

Chronicle (Levin), 4 July 1947, Page 5

PHONE VISION LATEST OF RADIO MARVELS

Received Thursday, 7.30 p.m. NEW YORK, July 2. The Zenith * Radio Corporation today announced the development oi "phone vision" wherehy key tele- . vision frequencies could "be transmitted to suhscribers . over telephoile wires. The company said television had not measured up to expectations "because of the enormous cost of producing and "broadcasting first class shows. Television shows had been of comparatively poor quality and saies of receiving sets had been low. This wonld be remedied by phone visiofi ' in which suhscribers could pay as they watched, thus creating a "box office" for televised Broadway plays and current films and newsreels. The company will soon begin the production of phone vision sets and it is estimated the new system will be functioning betweenjsix mojitj^s anclY. a year in the biggest American cities. The New York Journal of Commerce says television sets now in operation in United States number 50,000 of v/hich 43,000 have been bought in the last seven months. Prices range from 250 to 2465 dollars. The Zenith Corporation said phone vision sets would cost about the same.