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The First High-Definition TV, Circa 1958

Posted by kdawson on from the swivels-and-tilts-and-comes-in-purple dept.

An anonymous reader sends us to Gizmag for a look at a recent auction of a large collection of antique TVs. The star of the show was the Teleavia type P111, one of the earliest examples of high-definition TV. This rare 1958 console-stand television was designed by Flaminio Bertroni, who was also responsible for the iconic Citroen DS. The TV featured dual resolution capability, with the higher setting offering better resolution than 720p — 819 lines. This early attempt at a high-def standard, originating in France in 1949, didn't catch on in the marketplace.

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  1. First hidef first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just look closely at the fine kerning!

    1. Re:First hidef first post by Hurricane78 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Fine kerning doesn't matter, if there's only Arial and Comic Sans MS to look at.

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  2. Re:The Citroen by conureman · · Score: 1, Funny

    Is that web page ahead of it's time or do I just need to update my browser? ow.

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  3. This didn't catch on. . by Master+Moose · · Score: 5, Funny

    .. Only because it didn't have HDMI input, which as we all know is imperative to receiving HD content.

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    1. Re:This didn't catch on. . by dotgain · · Score: 2, Funny

      New Zealand is way ahead of you lot at uniformly shafting everyone, in 1998. Try to keep up!

  4. Yeah, but you are getting older by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 2, Funny

    pretty soon you'll be cranking that 24" down to 800X600 and loving it!

    Get off of my lawn!

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  5. Re:And how far we have not come by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Really? I'm not all that hot on using a microscope just to see my cursor...

    Bah. Lazy young whippersnappers. In my day the displays were fluorescent orange on black, and the cursor was only one pixel in size. You didn't hear us complaining about the size of the cursor - we were just glad to have one at all, after the cursor shortages brought on by the war! You kids and your lah-dee-dah arrow cursors and 16 million colors don't know what you've got!

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  6. Re:The Citroen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Confusing a 2CV with a DS is like confusing Win 3.11 with NeXTSTEP.

    (or do these car analogies work the other way around?)