A website about mechanically-scanned low definition television

TelevisionMachine.com

Jogn Logie Baird in 32-lines
"Grant Dixon" 32-line NBTV test pattern

John Logie Baird on 32 lines

The "Grant Dixon" test card

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About This Site

Welcome to TelevisionMachine.com!

This site is dedicated to the history and preservation of both old and new methods of low definition mechanically-scanned television, especially early British mechanical television and the work of John Logie Baird.

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I chose the name "Television Machine" because the term machine evokes thoughts of a device filled with wheels and cogs, levers and pulleys, which are the heart of mechanically scanned television.

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Contents

The Basics

The Baird System

  • How It's Done
  • Links
  • Why Only 30 Lines?
  • Mechanical Television at the BBC
  • About Me
  • Why It Works

My Projects

  • My First Televisor
  • 30-line Televisor (with neon)
  • Flying Spot Scanner
  • Television and TV

TelevisionMachine.com

Last updated February 2018