Journal of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers ( Volume: 54, Issue: 5, May 1950)

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The Shape of the Television Screen

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: J SMPTE
Volume: 54, No. 5, pp. 545–553
Abstract: The standard aspect ratio of the television screen is four units of width to three of height. When the picture is originally scanned on the target of the image orthicon tube, it is a rectangle of this proportion. The pictures that arc viewed by the public on many home receiver screens, however, bear little resemblance to the 3 by 4 rectangle, and greatly alter the framing and composition which the cameraman originally created. The fault is in the home receivers; films and live television pictures suffer equally in this regard. The general adoption of a rectangular tube will alleviate this problem somewhat, but a large share of the trouble arises from receivers which are improperly adjusted as to picture size.
Publication Date: 1950-05-01
DOI: 10.5594/J05210
ISSN: Print: 0898-042X
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J05210
Author(s): Rudy BretzHead of Television Dept., Dramatic Workshop and Technical Inst., New York
Copyright: © 1950 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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