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THE successful inauguration by the British Broadcasting Corporation of the high-definition television transmitting station at Alexandra Palace has focused the attention of the technical world on the successful development of the all-electric, instantaneous system of transmission. The degree of success achieved shows that the cathode ray transmitting tube has at last emerged from the research laboratory to take its place as the complement of the receiving cathode ray tube. The latter is well known, and has been recognized for some years as the most effective means for picture reception, and is now a highly developed commercial product. Modern television technique, which will withstand the criterion of the flickerless talking picture, both from the producing and reception points of view, has only been made possible by the development of the receiving and transmitting cathode ray tubes. This development is the result of improvement in technique brought about by the work of many scientific investigators in research laboratories throughout the world.
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McGee, J. Campbell Swinton and Television. Nature 138, 674–676 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138674a0
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