PROGRESS OF TELEVISION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23688, 21 December 1938, Page 2

PROGRESS OF TELEVISION

The progress of television in London is shown by the experience of Mr Barrington Miller, now of London and formerly of Gisborne, who is visiting New Zealand. Seated in the privacy of his own rooms, Mr Miller, during the recent .European crisis, was able to watch Mr Neville Chamberlain leave by aeroplane on his historic mission to Munich and to hear every word he said. The picture reproduced by the television set, he said, was about the size of a man’s small handkerchief and was quite clear. Mr Miller was also present in the House of Commons when Mr Chamberlain made his first speech after his return from Munich. Anyone who could afford it could now buy a television set, said Mr Miller. They cost about £75, but they could also be hired. He had hired one and paid about £1 6s a month for the use of it. “ You must understand," he said, “ that it is only good over a certain distance. It is effective, I believe, up to 14 miles, or maybe 20 miles. The Coronation was televised, so was the last Derby and the Cup finals,*so that one can get a good deal of fun over watching an event of first importance without stirring abroad.”