[78-L] Grooved video discs 78rpm resp. 1500rpm (''mechanical TV'')
Benno Häupl
goldenbough at arcor.de
Thu Oct 11 03:27:37 PDT 2012
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Scottish inventor John Logie Baird devolped a system using grooved discs
that could reproduce moving pictures of 30 lines. Has anybody here seen
(or own) a grooved video disc made according to this standard (around 1928)?
BTW, currently there is on ebay.de a Telefunken/Decca video disc player
up for auction, with some 70 discs. The grooved records turn at a speed of
about 1500 revs/min. It dates from the early 1970s. It fascinated me even
when it was launched: you track grooves with a diamond needle and you get
a color picture and sound!
Only about 3,000 copies were sold, plus a TOTAL of about 30,000 discs!
http://www.ebay.de/itm/RARITAT-TED-Bildplattenspieler-Telefunken-TP-1005-1975-VINTAGE-/290784965248
So, does anybody on this list own a grooved Baird disc that runs at 78rpm?
Benno
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