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Making Old Television Technology Make Sense

Author(s): Marshall, Paul

Abstract

How does traditional analogue television work? That’s a question beyond the comfort zone of most media historians who may not be familiar with analogue electronics. Even young engineers know little of thermionics, cathode rays and a myriad of other forgotten technologies. This important facet of television’s history is now only recorded by older engineers and by amateur groups who collect these technologies. In this paper, I will show by using examples how material artefacts can help us understand television’s history more fully.

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Marshall, Paul: Making Old Television Technology Make Sense. In: VIEW Journal of European Television History and Culture, Jg. 8 (2019-10-27), Nr. 15, S. 32-45. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/14764.
@ARTICLE{Marshall2019-10-27,
 author = {Marshall, Paul},
 title = {Making Old Television Technology Make Sense},
 year = 2019-10-27,
 doi = "\url{http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/14764}",
 volume = 8,
 address = {Hilversum},
 journal = {VIEW Journal of European Television History and Culture},
 number = 15,
 pages = {32--45},
}
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