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Journal of the SMPTE ( Volume: 77, Issue: 6, June 1968)
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Picture Quality: Film vs. Television

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Publisher
SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type
Journal Article
Content Type
Original Research
Abbreviated Title
J SMPTE
Volume
77, No. 6, pp. 613–621
Abstract
The author claims that the FCC-approved television system is equal in quality to 35mm film in many ways and superior to it in many others. The article is in three parts: a history of the relationship of the television system to motion-picture film, a discussion as to how the two mediums can be compared on equal terms, and finally, an exposition of how the two mediums compare, with some remarks concerning the future of motion-picture production.
Publication Date
1968-06-01
DOI
10.5594/J05806
ISSN
Print: 0361-4573
Link
https://doi.org/10.5594/J05806
Author(s)
Albert Abramson6643 Mammoth Ave., Van Nuys, Calif. 91405
Copyright
© 1968 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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