ISBN: 9780747803676

Television, the most immediate and up-to-date of the communications media, has nonetheless reached a ripe old age. This tradition embraces more than seventy years of progress, from the cr… More...

Television, the most immediate and up-to-date of the communications media, has nonetheless reached a ripe old age. This tradition embraces more than seventy years of progress, from the crude experiments of John Logie Baird in 1925, through the pioneering 405-line days at Alexandra Palace just before the Second World War, to the era when television entered most homes in the 1950s and the growing sophistication of the 1960s with the introduction of 625-line colour transmissions. This book explores, without sentimentality, the whole heritage of the black and white era of television. In it you will find receivers from imposing sets built like furniture to the first transistor portables, the story of the development of television broadcasting, and the whole culture of the television generation from the coming of commercials on ITV to today s rediscovery of cult programmes. About the author Andrew Emmerson is a writer and researcher on technological subjects. When he is not writing and broadcasting on the subject of today s high-tech wizardry, he enjoys discovering the history of the inventions which came before this, also restoring and reviving equipment based on these older technologies. Other titles for Shire by this author are: Old Telephones" Old Televison Emmerson, Andrew, Shire Publications<

1998, ISBN: 9780747803676

Published by Shire Publications Ltd., Church Street, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire First Edition 1998. 1998., 1998. First edition in publisher's original colour illustrated sta… More...

Published by Shire Publications Ltd., Church Street, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire First Edition 1998. 1998., 1998. First edition in publisher's original colour illustrated stapled card wrap covers [softback]. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 32 printed pages of text with colour and monochrome photographs throughout. In Fine condition, unused new book, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0747803676, Published by Shire Publications Ltd., Church Street, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire First Edition 1998. 1998., 1998<

1999, ISBN: 9780747803676

Trade paperback, Very Good., Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Contains: Unspecified. Shire Library, 337. Television has nonetheless reached a ripe old age. This book explores the whol… More...

Trade paperback, Very Good., Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Contains: Unspecified. Shire Library, 337. Television has nonetheless reached a ripe old age. This book explores the whole heritage of the black and white era of television. It features receivers from imposing sets built like furniture to the first transistor portables, the story of the development of television broadcasting, and the whole culture of the television generation., New York, [PU: Shire Books*]<

1998, ISBN: 9780747803676

Shire, 1998-03-21. Paperback. Good., Shire, 1998-03-21