T.V.
2006-08-20 08:10:06 · 2 answers · asked by WG 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Home Theater
This document covers that question:
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/w5hro/bin/history/history_rca.pdf#search='history%20of%20RCA'
2006-08-20 09:02:52 · answer #1 · answered by Rob 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a very interesting article. It fails to mention one important action of RCA in the 50's and 60's. After color television standards were approved several networks started color broadcasts in the mid-fifties. However, the sets were very expensive. (I remeber about $1000 for a 12" TV, and this was in 1955!) Also, the picture quality was poor. Eventually all networks except NBC dropped color programming except maybe for a rare special or film. RCA, due to the perseverence and insistence of David Sarnoff, kept broadcasting color and wouldn't let it die. If not for that effort, it would have been much longer than it was for color television to become widespread.
2006-08-20 19:07:31 · answer #2 · answered by gp4rts 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋