SMPTE Journal ( Volume: 91, Issue: 3, March 1982)
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Development of the First Optical Videodisc
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- Publisher
- SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
- Doc Type
- Journal Article
- Content Type
- Original Research
- Abbreviated Title
- J SMPTE
- Volume
- 91, No. 3, pp. 277–284
- Abstract
- The idea of recording television signals on a disc apparently originated with James Logie Baird in the early 1930's. He made several records using audio record cutting techniques. In 1961, 3M realized that the surface of a phonograph record was smooth enough and the replicated detail had enough resolution to carry full-bandwidth television signals. The company then contracted with SRI International to determine the feasibility of making television discs. After considering alternatives, SRI decided to concentrate on optical recording on high-resolution photographic plates using light from a high-pressure mercury arc. By June 1963, a number of videodiscs containing motion picture programs had been made. Working independently, 3M developed electron beam recording equipment that permitted real-time recording with improved resolution, as well as techniques for replicating videodiscs using cast plastic coatings.
- Publication Date
- 1982-03-01
- DOI
10.5594/J01302- ISSN
- Print:
0036-1682 - Link
- https://doi.org/10.5594/J01302
- Author(s)
- Philip RiceRichard F. Dubbe
- Copyright
- © 1982 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.
Bibliographic Reference(s)
- An Experimental Television Recording and Playback System Using Photographic Discs [Active]
- 1. Garratt G. R. M. Mumford A. H. , “The History of Television,” Institution of Electrical Engineers , 99 , Part IIIA, No. 17 , Apr. May 1952 . EXTERNAL
- 2. U.S. Patent 3,198,880. EXTERNAL
- 3. Farr K. E. , “Phonovid—A System for Recording Television Pictures on Phonograph Records,” J. Audio Eng. Soc. , 16 : 163 – 167 , Apr. 1968 . EXTERNAL
- 4. Rice P. Frohbach H. Peppers N. Young J. Schaefer L. Pierce G. , “Laserfile—A High-Speed Document Storage and Retrieval System,” J. Appl. Photog. Eng. , 6 : 62 – 65 , Apr. 1980 . EXTERNAL
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