COMING OF TELEVISION.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19879, 7 May 1936, Page 12

COMING OF TELEVISION.

' TESTS A'l’ cavern PALAOI. t ’l‘l'NlXt‘. l.\' Fun Plch'ltt-ZF. l l i - ‘ in tho tig workshops beneath thi south li-“n'l‘ ut‘ the iirlptal Palm-e art want-s tlr gre) -p.linto:il marhiner}. nu nnlilm ill» turbine t-nglnes at a stunt dealt-o.x yer in appearance. sayn a “ritel ln,lhi- London Observer. They art part at the telm‘iston transmitter hull by the Bah-it Ilnmpnny for the “.8 t2. and “hon l hil\\' them last week the: “ore being: siren a tlnal test lit-{cm being taken to the north of Lon-Io: for installation in the .\teundr. Palnrc. Another big workshop contains 1 large number oi home receivers. They also. were holng tested. ready for ttn msh or order» that “ill follow lln start ot’ the programme on July I 0‘ thereahouts. .\ large. number 0 these receiver; have already been ordered by those who want to be it at the first. and sew the test transmisstuns whirh purl-ably will start it May. lmulon In". The transmission of t‘eteflslon Ii nonupllt‘nlt‘ll. dlmi-ult. and rostly. Rert‘plion i. was} “ilh prune-r apparatus -a i-hltd mu du iI-—and the propel apparatus \\il| rust no more than dill a ruiliu-uranmpliiuni- n .\‘i-ar or .0 am. and to» than n rrully high-class radiogram rusls to-ilay. The raw \\ilh “hit-h ti-lmisiun ran he, tnni-il amt adjusted was demonstratml by Ilnptuin .-\. ti. 11, \\’é.sl. lleait ..i' thv Muir-l tivsrarch Liilmratories mini-v lmth translnlltt‘rs and rereiu‘r: bum burn ill‘wlt-iwd and “hori- aliumt mvry part of both is nu“ lit-lull made. including the till: cathode-r 4: tnbr's tor the receivers. tinugini- that )0" are in your own room. The television revolver Is in the runner and is no bigger than the familiar railtn-gramophone. indeed. it. looks very like one. You raise the lid and disclose a mlrror. In which the plctures will presently be reflected. You are gains: to hear sound as we" as Hindu. The televisor In a home morlng-plcturo instrument. “Ith the dlttcrence that you do not have to buy or make tllms for tt. and the pictures are fresh. and fresh each time you switch on. You tune in by the sound part of the programme. just as you tune your radio set. “’hen the sound ts correctly rrcelreil the pictures will also vomo tn i-urrrrtly except {or some Small ailtrratinns to suit. your o\\n ideas or brilliant:- and focus. “htvh you malw by 'IHII'IH’h nu a could" of kltuth. just its yin adjust \UIUIIII‘ amt tune in a radio sc-l to please yuur ear. Can I. seen In o.,"th Th.- rimm is “I‘3! darkened. thuugh It lined nut lu- ri-mplt-tr-ly ilarti. Th.plu'turrs are so brilliantly lluhtmt that ”my i'.III lw rim“ t'nlrly \\i-ll ill Ills‘ urilinary -In.\lh.'hl ot‘ a hung room. They are til-nut tlut‘ti-en tnrhr~ “tile and rlm‘rn illl‘llt's hinh. and \ii-u'ed. comfortably scaled, from a distance of

nhoul alx feel "It hodmlll III“ which are characteristic of a mm plcluro an- im‘lylhle. The: look 111. lhe projcrlion [Tom I Very good hon. rlneuu lunlrm. Ir wlml I saw ll lhe Crrslal P 111" is llu- klml "l min: “‘llkh will be uvallal-Ie Io lhe public Cent-rally. and I lune nu reasuu lo douhl H. “I” ah\isiun ls suing lo be a ween. beyond 1110 lumen of "ll‘ mail opllmlullc I yell lago, when [he Television Comm ' nudo 11~ rep..." and pmmhod us u u-urlln—“hilc sorvlct. Tllm pittan.nro llu- lh'sl l hau- yel seen. Th” are deflnilel; good and well worthy of lhe \ery best programme lhe 3.3.& can put uul.