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TELEVISION APPARATUS FOR COMMERCIAL USE High-definition television which has a range pf from five to six miles is practically ready for commercial use in England, according to Mr H. M. Dowsett, research manager for the Marconi Telegraph Company, who is passing through Auckland. Low-definition television of the “head-and-shoulder” type, he said, could be sent on longer wave lengths, which would carry it much further than high-definition. It could be used up to about 100 miles. Mr Dowsett explained that highdefinition television, which would photograph groups, was possible for transmissiion only over a Imited distance, ultra-short waves being the medium. Transmission was only as far as a person could see on a clear day . It was what was known as the optical range because it was limited to transmission on very short waves and could not “bend around obstacles. “To begin with, television installations will be expensive,” said Mr Dowsett, “but as time goes on costs will come down. The cost of television equipment will have to be added to the cost of a first-class receiving apparatus. The progress made has been remarkable and at the same time steady.” ' „
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXIX, Issue 155, 10 July 1934, Page 3
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