PROGRESS OF TELEVISION

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 187, 10 August 1931, Page 9

PROGRESS OF TELEVISION

ADVANCES IN AMERICA .A 11 ui L'.’iiiy yuais in i lain • v : and. out in the hands uf radio cxpori* imenlci’S, radio television today makea buld bid fur public. ne<wplttnee. That statement is made in the Scientili i American by' D. L. Replmlle. ticeptr sident of the Jenkins Televisiun Cui j partition. !!'■ >ays that 'hiring the pr< I vious three months the erstwhile ex | perimentat television stations were in I most instances turned to showmanship i in greater or Jess degree, realising tin , the general public is interested prim.nI ily in entertainment, once the novelty iof snatching pictures out of the air ■ wears off. i Al a companion muvv, simple and m[latively inexpensive, television ’lo.ie’* equipment has been developed and placed in production, ranging from i|> i kits uf matched components that may ■ be readily assembled into television receiver and televisor by the averag'* i handy' man or boy. to complete ready Ho-use receivers and cabinet type tele , visors for living room use by the veriest ’layman. The mechanics of television .are ready; it is now a question of concerting the experiment into an enter tainment medium. Can this be done? j The view is expressed by Mr Replogio I that upon the answer rests the entire future of the nascent television industry. and in a large measure the future welfare, of the parent radio industry, which sadly n<‘od- fresh stimulus today. He states that by far the mot. ambitious showmanship in television is presented by the inauguration of New A’ork’s first, public telex i-ion studio-. These studio- are arranged to pick up living subjects and motion picture films alike, so that programme may never want tor available material, togetlor with the sound tircompaniment which max’ bo the voice, living music, or musical record.-. Mr Reploglo -ays that television heretofore judged purely as an experiment in flashing little picture- through space, looms big in entertainment, possibilities now that sound broadcasters arc supple, ing th< os-ential sound channel. AVhateve may be the deficiencies of television to-day—and they are frankly nd mitted by sincere workers—the inclusion of the synchronised sound accompaniment makes television showmanship a wonderful possibility from the very