How Was Video Invented?

I always wanted to know why film looked better than video. Moving electronic images have as long a history but were invented for a different purpose. This video was sponsored by B&H Photo: www.bhphotovideo.com
Huge thanks to:
Richard Diehl, Video Labguy / videolabguy
www.labguysworld.com
Branch Education for awesome animations
ve42.co/BranchEd
Minutephysics for mechanical TV animations
/ minutephysics
Mark Schubin
Engineer and explainer, SMPTE Life Fellow
www.smpte.org
This is a video I've long wanted to make, about what makes video look like video and, up until 10 years ago or so, not as appealing as film. I grew up with the two technologies (film and video) in parallel and to me they always seemed like two ways of achieving the same ends: recording and replaying moving images. But their histories are quite distinct. Film was always a way to capture moving images for later replaying. Video started out as a way to transfer images from one place to another instantaneously. This dates back to the first fax machine, mechanical TV, live broadcast tv and ultimately videotapes. This history focuses on the early decades of video and not the more recent switches to chip cameras and solid state storage. Maybe that's a story for another day.
Additional resources and references:
The Dawn of Tape: Transmission Device as Preservation Medium
ve42.co/dawnoftape
What Sparked Video Research in 1877? The Overlooked Role of the Siemens Artificial Eye
ve42.co/sparkvideo
Video Preservation Website:
videopreservation.conservation...
Image Orthicon Tube:
interiorcommunicationselectric...
Film vs Digital
stephenfollows.com/film-vs-di...
Eyes of a Generation:
eyesofageneration.com
Television in the US:
www3.northern.edu/wild/th100/t...
www.classictvinfo.com
Music from www.epidemicsound.com "Seaweed" "Capture a Picture 1" "Colorful Animation 4"

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  • @veritasium
    @veritasium4 жыл бұрын

    If you're watching this right now, it's probably because I posted a gif in the community tab. I'm curious if you: a. have seen the video already b. didn't know it existed and the community post is the first you heard if it c. saw the title and thumbnail before but didn't click it d. other?

  • @JorgetePanete

    @JorgetePanete

    4 жыл бұрын

    b

  • @lydio995

    @lydio995

    4 жыл бұрын

    B

  • @JanHL.exeeee

    @JanHL.exeeee

    4 жыл бұрын

    B or C, if i did see it i dont remember

  • @morethejamesx39

    @morethejamesx39

    4 жыл бұрын

    B

  • @iurycabeleira7990

    @iurycabeleira7990

    4 жыл бұрын

    B

  • @smartereveryday
    @smartereveryday5 жыл бұрын

    Dude, maybe I'm biased because we're friends.... But your latest content had been consistently phenomenal. This is excellent.

  • @veritasium

    @veritasium

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks man! Maybe it’s because we’re friends but that means a lot to me. And thanks for taking the time to help me with the v2512! I was messing around like a noob before our call.

  • @lazprayogha

    @lazprayogha

    5 жыл бұрын

    Now that i realized it, Derek actually uses the "signature" camera of Destin.

  • @RandomForestGump

    @RandomForestGump

    5 жыл бұрын

    Fake friendship is fake

  • @IBAction

    @IBAction

    5 жыл бұрын

    SmarterEveryDay do you guys ever argue about who has the most subcribers ?

  • @xsauce3858

    @xsauce3858

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@IBAction thats a childish dumb thing to argue about

  • @5MadMovieMakers
    @5MadMovieMakers5 жыл бұрын

    I forget that KZread is named after the thing it's gradually replacing

  • @veritasium

    @veritasium

    5 жыл бұрын

    Gradually!

  • @silkwesir1444

    @silkwesir1444

    3 жыл бұрын

    before you know it! literally... ...spooky.

  • @j.davidosorio1154

    @j.davidosorio1154

    3 жыл бұрын

    Completely!

  • @brianpinto9243

    @brianpinto9243

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ummm... What is it replacing ?

  • @circuit10

    @circuit10

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@brianpinto9243 TV

  • @skierpage
    @skierpage2 жыл бұрын

    Alexander Bain's electromechanical fax at 1:18 is so smart. One person in 1843 could understand electric transmission, clock mechanisms, paper chemistry, and lithography to assemble the whole system!

  • @SonGoku-zd6eo

    @SonGoku-zd6eo

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Samuel Cruz and also because at that time there was so much to be discovered and ponder over.... Unlike now...where all the low hanging fruits are plucked and huge funds, technology, management is needed for any R&D.

  • @SonGoku-zd6eo

    @SonGoku-zd6eo

    Жыл бұрын

    @Samuel Cruz but that "still so much to be discovered" can't be discovered the way things used to be discovered decades back.... Now you need a team of specialists, director, huge funds, technology, patent uses to just scratch the surface..... Take black hole image for example..... Stacks of hard drives of code and years of research to get just a blur image !!

  • @pvic6959

    @pvic6959

    Жыл бұрын

    @Samuel Cruz true, and also is that there was so much to discover! at one point one person could know all of human knowledge, that is no longer the case. and he wasnt alone, the 100% had help. he built on those before him

  • @MetaJamm

    @MetaJamm

    Жыл бұрын

    @Samuel Cruz You really don't need many cool things to wase your time. You just waste it less cool and that's all. (but yes, you partially right, just partially)

  • @sakshambhatia9273

    @sakshambhatia9273

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SonGoku-zd6eo but one can only say that after looking at the past. Maybe 50-60 yrs later from now, people will say that research in 2020s was so easy as there were so many things to explore.

  • @mohnjarx7801
    @mohnjarx78012 жыл бұрын

    It's mind boggling to think how the pioneers of this technology came up with their ideas, let alone figured out how to build them

  • @EBTS-3

    @EBTS-3

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes, even if we as individuals each have general intelligence our discoveries and actions build up like sediment and create a super intelligence not one lifetime could achieve

  • @vodkainglassofstalinium1221
    @vodkainglassofstalinium12215 жыл бұрын

    History of veritasium 2013:- Uploads once six months or so 2019:- Uploads every alternate week AND WE LOVE IT

  • @m.c.v.a.8586

    @m.c.v.a.8586

    5 жыл бұрын

    In ancient Veritasium times it was supposed to be 2 videos a week, I think

  • @DNAinstinct

    @DNAinstinct

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm waiting for him to upload weekly!

  • @lukelafreniere5586

    @lukelafreniere5586

    5 жыл бұрын

    Almost makes up for Vsauce

  • @addiuseighter

    @addiuseighter

    5 жыл бұрын

    nobody noticing his name tho

  • @michellegoede2258

    @michellegoede2258

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@DNAinstinct if that limits quality not

  • @fanman421
    @fanman4212 жыл бұрын

    Excellent presentation !!! I grew up in the 50’s and 60’s. By age 13 I was riding my bicycle, with western flyer wagon behind, going around the neighborhoods collecting discarded TV sets. I would take them home, remove the tubes take them to the store and test them, and use the good ones to replace bad ones in other sets. Then sold working TV’s in garage sales. I can remember when fast moving TV images became less smeared when the vidicon camera tubes were replaced with the new plumbicon tubes that had a faster response.

  • @adonismateo
    @adonismateo2 жыл бұрын

    these people were genius for sure 👏🏽

  • @IndigoPath

    @IndigoPath

    2 жыл бұрын

    And sometime in that history, a bunch of people with slide rulers put men on the moon. Calculators didn’t exist yet. What percent of the human population is just being carried around by geniuses like these?

  • @shukrantpatil

    @shukrantpatil

    2 жыл бұрын

    90% ?

  • @tweedyburd007

    @tweedyburd007

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@shukrantpatil more like 99.99%

  • @fiusionmaster3241

    @fiusionmaster3241

    2 жыл бұрын

    Agreed

  • @poptvonline566

    @poptvonline566

    Жыл бұрын

    We should respect those who started this video production cameras and TVs

  • @sarabeth641
    @sarabeth6415 жыл бұрын

    I'm so glad to see you posting more. Thank you for continuing to educate us.

  • @a51mj12

    @a51mj12

    5 жыл бұрын

    No.

  • @MrDacedric

    @MrDacedric

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@a51mj12 No u

  • @russdill

    @russdill

    5 жыл бұрын

    Also big thank you to B&H

  • @sarabeth641

    @sarabeth641

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm a pretty active commenter on several of my favorite KZreadrs videos. It would be cool to get paid to comment, but I just generally like Veritasium and also taking money to comment would go against my morals. He's pretty entertaining. Is there something about him I missed? Did he become controversial? I'm going to ignore any other Jewish comments because I'm from Tennessee. I've never met a Jewish person. And I have no reason to dislike them.

  • @zes3813

    @zes3813

    5 жыл бұрын

    no such thing as glad or more or not, doesn't matter, say infinx any no matter what

  • @kalvinhalvorson6072
    @kalvinhalvorson60724 жыл бұрын

    It’s truly amazing that people were able to think of stuff like that from scratch

  • @poolguycoolguy1597

    @poolguycoolguy1597

    4 жыл бұрын

    Especially back then with limited information and materials. Pioneers.

  • @PinkeySuavo

    @PinkeySuavo

    4 жыл бұрын

    I got butterflies in my stomach while watching this video, realising how genious minds were/are out there.

  • @theapotheosisofgdot2294

    @theapotheosisofgdot2294

    4 жыл бұрын

    Very few things in this world are done without the wind and losses of those before

  • @BangMaster96

    @BangMaster96

    4 жыл бұрын

    +Kalvin Halvorson No, they didn't figure this out from scratch, they built on previous knowledge, it took more than century worth of Engineering and creativity to get to where we are today. Cathode Ray Tubes were not originally invented for displaying videos, but, some Engineer or Physicist figured out that you can use it to display images on a screen. So, you take an invention already made by another scientist, and you add on top of it, you don't make it from scratch. And you work with a team, not by yourself, because it would be near impossible for one person to figure all this out on his own. And i know this because i'm an Engineer, and it's all about team work, and building on previous knowledge. Even today, most technology you use may seem futuristic, and advanced, but it's no different than the technology from the 80's and 90's, we have just gotten more creative in how to better design and manufacture it.

  • @BrekkaJones24

    @BrekkaJones24

    4 жыл бұрын

    White people*!

  • @Chickenbreadlp
    @Chickenbreadlp2 жыл бұрын

    It's interesting to know that high quality 35mm Film has about as much detail as a 4k Video. The reason most movie studios waited so long to switch to video is not because they waited for better editing techniques, but more because they waited for Video quality to catch up with film quality. That's also the reason why some older Music Videos can be remastered into good looking 4k, but some newer ones can't, the latter being shot in Video. Even today, some movie directors opt to shoot on film, but 70mm IMAX often, rather then 35mm...

  • @harshityadav0

    @harshityadav0

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wow, great insight!

  • @Daniel-mw7pu

    @Daniel-mw7pu

    10 ай бұрын

    Yup. Film reproduces color more accurately too. This is why older movies tend to look very vibrant and almost overexposed, and newer movies look cooler.

  • @gertrude1585

    @gertrude1585

    9 ай бұрын

    what is the difference between film and video?

  • @suyogshrestha1929

    @suyogshrestha1929

    9 ай бұрын

    Film means the old physical way of storing/making videos while video in this case means digital way of creating/making videos. So an analog camera uses film but your phone is a digital camera.

  • @suyogshrestha1929

    @suyogshrestha1929

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@gertrude1585.

  • @privateparty4900
    @privateparty49002 жыл бұрын

    4:50 The color wheel wasn't a dead-end. Single chip DLP projectors still use them to this day.

  • @user-nk6gu5er3v

    @user-nk6gu5er3v

    2 жыл бұрын

    smart boi

  • @dallynsr

    @dallynsr

    2 жыл бұрын

    Even though DLP is a sub quality image compared to current LCD projectors and even OLED flat panels. Its a cool mechanism like the hole disk.

  • @GrzegorzDurda

    @GrzegorzDurda

    2 жыл бұрын

    correct!!!!!!

  • @robertholtz
    @robertholtz3 жыл бұрын

    My father, Sam Holtz, was a legend in broadcast television engineering, telecine, and video post production. He filled my head with all this engineering science and history over the course of most of my life, along with all these technical inner workings you described... just about all of it now a lost art. I watched this video with a deep appreciation for you. Thank you for bringing this knowledge to a new generation and doing it so accurately. I just wish my dad was still around to have watched your video. I know it would’ve put a smile on his face. Peace.

  • @jackjwalajoshua6

    @jackjwalajoshua6

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wow! I'll sure like to know about you and your late father. :)

  • @sagaramskp

    @sagaramskp

    3 жыл бұрын

    Big salute to your dad and his peers

  • @volrath__

    @volrath__

    2 жыл бұрын

    I highly recommend a channel called "Technology Connections" they did a full multipart series on TV and recorded media, everything from video to laser disks, and whole 20 minute videos about elements in this video, like color wheels and other novel ways of broadcasting color. Its a highly interesting series!

  • @robertholtz

    @robertholtz

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@volrath__ Thanks! I know the channel well. Been a subscriber for years. Highly interesting indeed. Cheers!

  • @almafuertegmailcom

    @almafuertegmailcom

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think it's imperative that 20th century ingenuity doesn't get lost to history. The 20th century was special, in the sense that it was a time of transition. Before the 20th century, the things we invented lasted for centuries, so we have a lot of time and examples of each tech we used before that time. We won't forget about horse shoeing, or water mills, or traditional swordmaking, because they were done for millenia. The things we do now in the 21st century, each lasts even less, but there is better tech to document each (the internet doesn't forget), and they are built in more straightforward ways. We don't do 4k video in a different way than we do 1080p, or 720p, and we won't do video in a fundamentally different way centuries from now, it'll still be pixels stored and transmitted digitally using a certain format. But in the 20th century, we had just enough tech to do crazy thing, but not enough to do it in a straightforward way, so we had to get creative. And each of those techs was unique, different from the previous one, and lasted for a short enough time that we might just forget about them. In the past 20 years we went from 240p digital video to 360, 480, 720, 1080, 4k, 8k ... basically the same tech, just different quality, codecs, etc. The same for audio. Meanwhile, in the 20th century, we jumped from cylinders to vinyl, to 8-tracks, to cassettes to CDs. From 16mm to VHS to vCDs. From the telegraph to the telephone, from rotary to push button, from analogue over copper to digital over copper, to VoIP. From massive bricks to flip phones to smart phones. All in such a short timeframe. As you said, lost art.

  • @Boredman567
    @Boredman5675 жыл бұрын

    IIRC, the fact that storing video was difficult meant that a lot of famous TV broadcasts have been lost, even after recorders were adopted. The early episodes of Dr. Who were taped over for later programs, and now the only known recordings are audio tapes made by a viewer. The moon landing footage was also taped over by NASA, so the only existing footage is a video recording of a video broadcast of a video broadcast.

  • @domc3040

    @domc3040

    5 жыл бұрын

    Key thing to remember is that it was a cultural decision as much as a technological one. The mindset was simply that TV was one and done, like a theatre show. The idea of keeping the early episodes of Doctor Who for posterity seemed inane to most people at the time. That said, taping over the moon landings is pretty ridiculous!

  • @rocketry100

    @rocketry100

    5 жыл бұрын

    There must be a conspiracy theory in there somewhere.

  • @travisscavoni369

    @travisscavoni369

    4 жыл бұрын

    So then, when people watched the moon landings on TV back in the late 60s the video quality was actually better than what we see now?

  • @FAB1150

    @FAB1150

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@travisscavoni369 well yeah You can try to see the loss in quality by recording a KZread video in 480p with your phone's camera that's set to record in 480p, then record the recording again using the same method.

  • @GordonFreeman.

    @GordonFreeman.

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@travisscavoni369 the famous video of Neil stepping off the leg onto the surface was from a broadcast camera recording a monitor in mission control. Kind of like how so much footage of the D-Day landings was either lost or destroyed. Very sad! But very odd looking back

  • @michael4192
    @michael41923 жыл бұрын

    Damn. Imagine you could tell those folks that you would be able to do all that with a handheld device. They'd be astounded!

  • @jsl151850b

    @jsl151850b

    2 жыл бұрын

    Doctor Emmett Brown was suitably impressed by Marty's camcorder in the first *Back to the Future.*

  • @manishiyer23

    @manishiyer23

    2 жыл бұрын

    An honest wish 👍🏼

  • @Roma-tz9vg

    @Roma-tz9vg

    2 жыл бұрын

    They would be crashed with inferiority complex and would never invent anything.

  • @pilosopher974

    @pilosopher974

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Roma-tz9vg A Grandfather-Like paradox.

  • @Roma-tz9vg

    @Roma-tz9vg

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@pilosopher974 Yeah, and it's likely that in 50 years from now people will be smiling on our pathetic 4k oleds too.

  • @johnrogers9481
    @johnrogers9481 Жыл бұрын

    Derek, I enjoyed this show. Quite interesting to get a wrap up on film and video, as I lived through this period since 1953! Great to see how it was done after just being on the receiving end most of my life. Also I got involved in acquiring and editing video in the mid nineties. Oh, I also enjoyed your show on the wave pool, that is so amazing! Thanks for everything!

  • @necessaryevil455
    @necessaryevil4553 жыл бұрын

    Amazing. If everyone was as smart as me we would still be using stone tools.

  • @abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1062

    @abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1062

    3 жыл бұрын

    If everyone were as smart as me we would have been type 5 civilization by now

  • @dand1486

    @dand1486

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1062 not a smart comment

  • @abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1062

    @abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1062

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@dand1486 no it is a smart comment

  • @rayaqin

    @rayaqin

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1062 type 5 would need way more time. No way humans would be there by now even if everyone has always been at maximum as dumb as you are

  • @MagikarpMan

    @MagikarpMan

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1062 by saying that your comparing yourself to god, since type 5s hold complete mastery over every aspect of the universe

  • @ElizabethSwims
    @ElizabethSwims5 жыл бұрын

    Great video... though I’m sad there was no mention of philo farnsworth

  • @trackppl9038

    @trackppl9038

    3 жыл бұрын

    im still confused with everything in the video

  • @CD-xo5ju

    @CD-xo5ju

    3 жыл бұрын

    No mention of tavistock and mk ultra either

  • @RichardGines

    @RichardGines

    3 жыл бұрын

    Exactly what I was wondering. Philo really made it happen and his story was by far more interesting than any of the other parts of the history.

  • @robertholtz

    @robertholtz

    3 жыл бұрын

    He glossed over a lot in the interest of brevity but you’re right, Philo definitely deserved a mention. He, in fact, deserves his own video.

  • @ElizabethSwims

    @ElizabethSwims

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@RichardGines philo is from my home town Rigby Idaho. They have a cool museum there.

  • @ZackLeath
    @ZackLeath2 жыл бұрын

    I don’t see how everyone just goes about their day to day life not wondering how electricity works. Let alone subjects like this. I’m so glad I chose to go to college and choose a career path to mess around with awesome things everyday. I remember my first couple of semesters of college I thought I was learning magic. I wish there were more people like this guy to show how amazing everything we use everyday really is.

  • @anthonyalvarado6465

    @anthonyalvarado6465

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's Terrifying that so many people are so comfortable being ignorant! What did you go to College for?

  • @ZackLeath

    @ZackLeath

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@anthonyalvarado6465 first time I got two Associates of applied science in Instrumentstion and controls technology and another Industrial Systems Technology. I’m back in school to get my B.E.E. though. I probably have a year or so left.

  • @cooIfooI

    @cooIfooI

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ZackLeath good for you, hope this year is going well for you!! good luck with all your future endeavors!

  • @ciircuz

    @ciircuz

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@anthonyalvarado6465 wait what? Ignorant? Because I didn't do STEM I somehow chose to be ignorant and found comfort in it? Why tf would I know how a TV -actually- works. Strange comment from you

  • @cejuonline

    @cejuonline

    Жыл бұрын

    @@anthonyalvarado6465 Many don't have the opportunity or choice to seek this kind of knowledge. With how society works currently, the ignorant will always be the majority unfortunately

  • @marbod1326
    @marbod13262 жыл бұрын

    4:28 best voicecrack so far! Keep up the hard work

  • @Orangeflava

    @Orangeflava

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lol i replayed that moment 3 times

  • @mrbfros454

    @mrbfros454

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wow, we are cruel and heinous beasts that can find pleasure in pointing out a such silly “imperfection” in such an impressive work of excellence. 😂

  • @HumansOfVR
    @HumansOfVR5 жыл бұрын

    *My ears and eyes haven't experienced the ancient technology in so long*

  • @Unkn0.n

    @Unkn0.n

    5 жыл бұрын

    Now we know how they built the pyramids with ancient tech

  • @shreyasjv4877

    @shreyasjv4877

    5 жыл бұрын

    While it has been phenomenal, I think he's centering too much on himself. Too much of Veritasium logo's and Derek in the video. I come here to listen to scientists and ideas of science. But this was a History video so I guess for this one, its fine. Hope you do rectify later though.

  • @bobstevenson3130

    @bobstevenson3130

    4 жыл бұрын

    Was this comment generated by an ai?

  • @naota3k
    @naota3k5 жыл бұрын

    Can you imagine.. "Gather round, family! Time to fire up the color-picture tube!" *switch clicks, relays fire, belts and color wheel spin up* *shouting* "SO WHAT DO WE WANT TO SEE TONIGHT?!"

  • @sbonel3224

    @sbonel3224

    5 жыл бұрын

    More like wait 5-8 minutes before it warms up then reboot it and it will show picture.

  • @ZeKnife

    @ZeKnife

    5 жыл бұрын

    They probably didn't have much to choose from

  • @billvegas8146

    @billvegas8146

    5 жыл бұрын

    Don't forget the rabbit ears! Sometimes one of us had to stand just right next to the tube to pull in that one station.

  • @selforganisation

    @selforganisation

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's funny, because DLP projectors have always used a fast-spinning color wheel (but with more colors and faster), and cheaper ones still do that, and this is the reason when you're seeing an image from one and move your head, you temporarily see a faint rainbow.

  • @naota3k

    @naota3k

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@selforganisation Wow really? I've definitely noticed that weird rainbow when moving around, never knew what caused it.

  • @alileevil
    @alileevil2 жыл бұрын

    Technology back then seems to be so much more complicated in certain ways.

  • @Outlaw_j84

    @Outlaw_j84

    2 жыл бұрын

    True

  • @aprildev1

    @aprildev1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Actually it was simpler the problem is we don't appreciate today's technology enough and we think it's simple but if we go deeper in to how things work its so complicated

  • @silentx

    @silentx

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@aprildev1 this. Most people don't appreciate most of the work has done til today. W comment.

  • @nativeafroeurasian

    @nativeafroeurasian

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@elypowell6797 because it's interpreted as saying that those things could not be invented by someone else. Don't focus on the people, focus on the ideas. It's ideas and solutions that make a species survive, not the knowedge about the individual.

  • @Sonsequence

    @Sonsequence

    2 жыл бұрын

    When the iPhone came out with its minimal, intuitive interfaces a lot of its fans wondered why other companies hadn't had the idea of just keeping it simple. These people do not appreciate that, in fact the simple feeling interface is often the much more complex system. Simple interfaces are not eliminating complexity, they're managing it for you.

  • @keithbowman7650
    @keithbowman7650 Жыл бұрын

    Richard's obvious passion for video is endearing. I've watched Technology Connection's videos about this subject, and this is a very good compliment to it.

  • @BruceCinema1337
    @BruceCinema13375 жыл бұрын

    It feels like Veritasium filled in for Vsauce after Michael lost his marbles.

  • @garethbaus5471

    @garethbaus5471

    4 жыл бұрын

    Probably an improvement in the quality of content from an educational viewpoint, even if it is less entertaining.

  • @treeoflibertydefense8612

    @treeoflibertydefense8612

    4 жыл бұрын

    Is that what happened?? Is that why his shows have been so weird? Did the psychedelics get him?

  • @chaser107

    @chaser107

    4 жыл бұрын

    What are you talking about. Michael matured stylistically

  • @farhanasayedjuthi8734

    @farhanasayedjuthi8734

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ahhgg, that Vsauce host is so irritating. Keeps jumping all over the frame. So distracting on topics. :3 Veritasium host is great! Simple and eye shooting and easy to be pace with him. :)

  • @exaucemayunga22

    @exaucemayunga22

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah

  • @pixoariz
    @pixoariz5 жыл бұрын

    Mechanical TV for the masses! All power to the vidicons, image orthicons and iconoscopes! From a Labguy and Veritasium fan: thoroughly well researched and executed. Thank you.

  • @rafaelgalvan110
    @rafaelgalvan1102 жыл бұрын

    Amazing video, it was really interesting. On a side note, I would have liked the inclusion of the engineer Guillermo González Camarena and his contribution to the color tv

  • @RoboGenesYT
    @RoboGenesYT3 жыл бұрын

    Wow I feel so lucky to have this handheld device capable of recording and playing back a video. What a great sweep in technology ❤️

  • @pathologicaldoubt
    @pathologicaldoubt5 жыл бұрын

    Derek: *explains inner-working mechanics of video cameras* Me: Magic. So, it's magic. Got it.

  • @kbbeats3099

    @kbbeats3099

    4 жыл бұрын

    The power of the human brain to understand such things about the natural world... Is the magic.

  • @Shepard_AU

    @Shepard_AU

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@kbbeats3099 It's a bit different if someone has the understanding of the world being flat.

  • @andrewhanson1180

    @andrewhanson1180

    4 жыл бұрын

    OMG I was thinking the same thing! I even posted my own comment saying so before I found yours lol!

  • @somekid8311

    @somekid8311

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@kbbeats3099 no weed is magic nothing else

  • @Biggus_Dikkus

    @Biggus_Dikkus

    4 жыл бұрын

    This is how I always feel after learning how some kind of technology exists. Engineers are basically wizards

  • @LazerLord10
    @LazerLord105 жыл бұрын

    I really enjoy how in-depth you went with all the analog stuff. I love those sorts of electronics.

  • @mdzaid5925
    @mdzaid5925 Жыл бұрын

    It’s fascinating how the electron gun can be controlled so accurately

  • @user-yg4kj2mf1p

    @user-yg4kj2mf1p

    8 ай бұрын

    Thing is, the election gun is NOT so accurate, that's where the "shadow mask" comes into play to make color CRTs work. This also means that the colored phosphor dots are not pixels as mentioned in the video. Technology Connections has a great video on the topic, check it out if interested to learn more. I may be hard on the Veritasium guy, but he named his channel "an element of truth", so glossing over the fact that the shadow mask is what makes color CRTs work is a pretty big omission IMO.

  • @darkempire37

    @darkempire37

    4 ай бұрын

    @@user-yg4kj2mf1p and you forgot to mention the deflection coil ,which Is what guides the electron beam to the proper position on the back of the phosphor coated screen.

  • @dylankruse9269
    @dylankruse9269Ай бұрын

    I'm a little surprised as to why you didn't talk about how modern-day TVs work or touch base on how plasma TVs work. It would be very interesting to learn that from you. Almost every video that you make, I understand and love it. Keep it up man.

  • @Zesuto3
    @Zesuto35 жыл бұрын

    2 Seconds in and my ears are already feeling assaulted, truly the oldschool TV experience.

  • @AxxLAfriku

    @AxxLAfriku

    5 жыл бұрын

    I will now count to 3 and then I am still the unprettiest KZreadr of all time. 1...2...3. Btw I have two very hot girlfriends. Thank you for your attention, dear managa

  • @tehjamerz

    @tehjamerz

    5 жыл бұрын

    ゼストくん - let's draw manga! Spoken like someone who wasnt there

  • @mukrifachri

    @mukrifachri

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm guessing Derek didn't notice this - you do kind of lose the sensitivity of it as you age.

  • @jessicaonymous4352

    @jessicaonymous4352

    5 жыл бұрын

    I know, everytime I watch an old film I think "everyone goes on about how visual quality has improved but damn the audio has too"

  • @christoffer2794

    @christoffer2794

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@jessicaonymous4352 Not what he was refering to :)

  • @al-b
    @al-b3 жыл бұрын

    It's awesome how you describe the history so succinctly yet comprehensively, and at the end you challenge us with a relevant question about how all of this technology influences us today. Great content, please keep making more!

  • @mr.america9806
    @mr.america98062 жыл бұрын

    This is the most amazing video i ever saw on KZread.Most knowledge i gained through out my education i can never understand concept of video.

  • @maxEmaxxy
    @maxEmaxxyАй бұрын

    I've read into the history of television many times and watched many videos and this was the best explanation of how television works I've ever seen -subscribed , liked , and VERY appreciated 😊😊

  • @rohant
    @rohant5 жыл бұрын

    Who else saw this first on Technology Connections?! Freaking awesome to see one topic done in two different ways!

  • @mrkitty777

    @mrkitty777

    5 жыл бұрын

    I watched this tomorrow

  • @PaulMeranda

    @PaulMeranda

    5 жыл бұрын

    *incredible* channel, that Technology Connections 💙

  • @Jacob-McGregor

    @Jacob-McGregor

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I saw this explained ages ago on Technology Connections, that guy has a really good way of explaining things

  • @firehog

    @firehog

    5 жыл бұрын

    I "hear" technology connections words "CRT's don't have pixels!" at 4:35. It would be cool to see him comment on this video.

  • @Ildskalli

    @Ildskalli

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's exactly what I thought! CRTs don't have pixels :/ Alec did a very good job of explaining this subject in-depth, but I'm sure Derek's take will be easier to process for those not technically-inclined.

  • @bernzeppi
    @bernzeppi4 жыл бұрын

    I remember those old AVR1 2” video recorders when I started in television. The heads were suspended on air bearings because mechanical bearings created bearings created too much time base errors. Also the capstan driving the tape had negative pressure to suck the tape onto the cylinder... then came the exciting time of rewinding the tape. Because the capstan was committed to driving the tape it would spin at many thousands of RPM, a break in the tape during rewind could be lethal so operators had to leave the room. You could hear the machine rewind many buildings away. They cost in the order of $250K back in the day. Now it’s so easy and cheap with fast digital electronics.... luxury!

  • @mattmanmv13
    @mattmanmv132 жыл бұрын

    you nail more than I will ever understand!!! Your camera angles are amazing! Thank you for your amazing videos!

  • @lavacharam1346
    @lavacharam1346 Жыл бұрын

    It's really a very informative and thanks a lot for this effort!

  • @jzero4813
    @jzero48134 жыл бұрын

    Having touched on the Nipkow disc, this would make a great segue into spinning-disc confocal microscopy. It's basically the same technique being used today to create some of the most advanced real-time 3D biological microscopy images out there.

  • @elijahmasquelier1238
    @elijahmasquelier12383 жыл бұрын

    people are so damn smart and i'm so damn lucky to have been born in an era where we have all this stuff...because i'm sure as hell not smart enough to have come up with any of this crazy technology

  • @ReptillianStrike

    @ReptillianStrike

    3 жыл бұрын

    Most people aren't. The crazy thing about humanity is that 95% of the population just makes sure that the species survives. The last 5% actually innovate new technology to share with their tribe. In our case, our tribe being the planet.

  • @sarthakverma1860

    @sarthakverma1860

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ReptillianStrike seriusly 5 percent care that is 350 million...rather 0.1 percent.at max 7 million

  • @ReptillianStrike

    @ReptillianStrike

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@sarthakverma1860 I was pulling numbers out of my ass to prove a point. I wasn't considering the population of the planet when I said 5%

  • @thulyblu5486

    @thulyblu5486

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ReptillianStrike Well, the entire planet except North Korea #HermitKingdom ... (...and small uncontacted tribes people)

  • @equaleyez

    @equaleyez

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just wait for what's coming! You're glad now but you would have never known if you were born earlier. Same will be said in 50 years. If we're still here of course!

  • @n8spectacular
    @n8spectacular Жыл бұрын

    Great video. I never thought I would shout out a sponsor in the comments, but B&H is no joke. Actually, shopping there is kind of an experience. Cool place with the best service out there.

  • @user-lc8yc4cq5n
    @user-lc8yc4cq5n Жыл бұрын

    I hope you make more follow ups on this topic. The younger generation does not know the gargantuan efforts of the engineers in developing the current technology for image processing. Not to mention the strain it placed on the general populace. 1. The issues of keeping backward compatibility at each step (including black and white to color) 2. The format transitions (VHS vs Beta, CD, DVD, Blue Ray etc) 3. Aspect ratio change ( 3/4 to 9/16) This video is a great start. A great fan of you.

  • @Jacob-nr9dn
    @Jacob-nr9dn4 жыл бұрын

    You're KZread's best quality content maker. And I was wondering about this topic a week before and just forgot about searching about it. Thank you man.

  • @toniodotcom

    @toniodotcom

    3 жыл бұрын

    Meanwhile a girl doing bikini try-on videos makes more views...

  • @3DIYshow
    @3DIYshow4 жыл бұрын

    Came here from the end screen of your How To Go Viral video! Love what you do man, and have for years! Keep up the good work

  • @alessandrocwilliam

    @alessandrocwilliam

    4 жыл бұрын

    same

  • @itsrachelfish

    @itsrachelfish

    4 жыл бұрын

    He's still going viral!!

  • @HKCREATESUNIQUE

    @HKCREATESUNIQUE

    4 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/pX5qssxreaqpeLQ.html

  • @MrNice-zm9qk
    @MrNice-zm9qk2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for answering the question how the Cameras worked back in the days. Been wondering about this point for years. Keep up the great work!

  • @Santhosh-qp1hq
    @Santhosh-qp1hq2 жыл бұрын

    Video to video falling in love for your passion to learn in detail Like how I was trying to trace back what's Microprocessor/microcontroller, what was before that before that before that..... and all things related to it

  • @PaulMeranda
    @PaulMeranda5 жыл бұрын

    kick ASS dude, ive been thinking about this specific topic lately and am excited to give this a watch! thanks Derek!

  • @LithiumThiefMusic
    @LithiumThiefMusic5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Derek, as always your work is fantastic!

  • @Electro-sportDe
    @Electro-sportDe Жыл бұрын

    Always nice to see you man!!

  • @smallstudiodesign
    @smallstudiodesign3 жыл бұрын

    I’m seeing stuff way after the fact because I’m a fairly new subscriber ... seriously enjoying catching up with the awesome informative content. Mind blowing facts, history and other science/technology trivia.

  • @bersheck3076
    @bersheck30765 жыл бұрын

    The phosphor colored dots are not pixels. Technology connections has a good explaination on why that is.

  • @SreenikethanI

    @SreenikethanI

    5 жыл бұрын

    Awww yeahhhh, Technology Connections

  • @swedneck

    @swedneck

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@SreenikethanI IEEE!

  • @Jaqen-HGhar

    @Jaqen-HGhar

    5 жыл бұрын

    technology connections is what it's all about, though I like to watch him at 1.5x speed.

  • @buddyclem7328

    @buddyclem7328

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Jaqen-HGhar He sounds drunk at 0.75x, and really drunk at 0.5x!

  • @Jaqen-HGhar

    @Jaqen-HGhar

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@buddyclem7328 true true lol

  • @bluesailormercury
    @bluesailormercury5 жыл бұрын

    Please make a part 2! From that first video recorder to now. This was amazing!!!

  • @donegal79

    @donegal79

    5 жыл бұрын

    why don't you check out kzread.info/dron/y0tKL1T7wFoYcxCe0xjN6Q.html who goes into more depth than yjis pop channel.

  • @Mystixor
    @Mystixor2 жыл бұрын

    I don't know why it took until now for this to be recommended to me but I am so glad! Great video once again!

  • @henrintyam8767
    @henrintyam87672 жыл бұрын

    I really appreciate when you sketch it up, I really feel like I'm going with the fow of the ideas, I juste gotta look the picture, it's fantastic!

  • @Inople901278
    @Inople9012784 жыл бұрын

    Thoroughly unclickable, yet still enjoyable. Is the algorithm wrong? No. My enjoyment must be wrong.

  • @abstract0407

    @abstract0407

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes it is still wrong -2019

  • @Flobbled

    @Flobbled

    4 жыл бұрын

    The Algorithm doesn't select for quality, informativity, etc., just click-through-rate. It does what it does. Is a plant wrong if it grows good looking but bad tasting fruits? What about the other way around?

  • @delphini8055

    @delphini8055

    4 жыл бұрын

    How video was invented while watching it on video? Taken for granite.

  • @mikebarnes7441

    @mikebarnes7441

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@delphini8055 granted

  • @Hallowed_Ground

    @Hallowed_Ground

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Flobbled that's actually not true. The algorithm accounts for a lot more than just click through rates, like watch time, likes vs dislikes and the amount, also whether those clicks come from a different website or not.

  • @MysticPredator
    @MysticPredator5 жыл бұрын

    Watching the motion stabilizing stick on the camera in the mirror was pretty awesome Edit: Cool you actually came back at the end and mentioned it

  • @benjaminfroussos7466
    @benjaminfroussos74662 жыл бұрын

    Love you since your first TV series I saw. Greets from Germany. Keep Up the fantastic work. ❤️

  • @Harlongbi2H
    @Harlongbi2H2 жыл бұрын

    Its so nostalgic to know all this history . Thank you for showing us all this documentary in such amazing way 👏👏👏👏

  • @CrucialMuzic
    @CrucialMuzic5 жыл бұрын

    By far one of the best videos on KZread. Good question towards the end of the video :)

  • @wemela
    @wemela5 жыл бұрын

    Well done! Well explained and highlighting the most important milestones and aspects while having to skip probably thousands of others. I think the essence was captured quite well, knowing that one could make hours of video about, er, the history of video.

  • @richieduque
    @richieduque Жыл бұрын

    This was one of the most fascinating videos I’ve ever seen. I’ve loved to learn more about this topic.

  • @xluther
    @xluther2 жыл бұрын

    great video and education. in my early years i learnt the older style of photo; plate glass negatives, ect.... and i recall the hard times in the new era. love the new tech, just wish more knew about the old ways.

  • @esjel9804
    @esjel98043 жыл бұрын

    Great video. I am an electrician and during one of my classes, on data systems, I asked my instructor about the television, I don't remember his exact response, but I know it wasn't satisfactory. So went down the rabbit trail. Anyway, its fascinating what transitors have done for the world of electronics. I would love to see you do a video on the history of video transmission. Especially because of the patent wars that ensued over it (the first actually was a man who had the idea as a boy).

  • @duality4y
    @duality4y5 жыл бұрын

    Checkout technology connections he did a whole series on this its brilliant

  • @brreeaad

    @brreeaad

    5 жыл бұрын

    He is absolutely amazing. I highly recommend anybody with even a slight fondness for CRTs, television, laserdisc or video tapes to check him out on youtube. He has really good videos on CDs as well, all with in-depth explanations. One of my favourite youtube channels.

  • @sbs5130

    @sbs5130

    5 жыл бұрын

    They are to some extent complimentary to each other. This veritasium video shows more hardware.

  • @thomaswalters7117

    @thomaswalters7117

    5 жыл бұрын

    Link to said playlist: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nmiJybx7o5rAd9I.html

  • @Jake-bt7ig

    @Jake-bt7ig

    5 жыл бұрын

    isn't one titled "these are not pixels"?

  • @edgarwalk5637

    @edgarwalk5637

    5 жыл бұрын

    Great Channel, you took the words right out of my mouth!

  • @Chishannicon
    @Chishannicon2 жыл бұрын

    This is the closest I've ever come to understanding how video works. Thanks so much for your explanation!

  • @vivekjain9418
    @vivekjain94182 жыл бұрын

    amazing video and information dude.....you rocked it

  • @marvinglenn
    @marvinglenn5 жыл бұрын

    A technical correction for the graphic animation at 4:15: The coils are swapped. The coils driving the side to side sweep are actually the top and bottom coils, and the vertical sweep is from the side coils. The force imparted on the electrons is at a right angle to the magnetic field its travelling through. (Being also at a right angle to its velocity.)

  • @SmashupPvper
    @SmashupPvper5 жыл бұрын

    Loving these regular uploads 🤘♥️

  • @HellOnWheel
    @HellOnWheel Жыл бұрын

    I remember learning in my history of mass comm class in college how every episode of I Love Lucy you see was recorded by a film camera aimed at a TV. Also, one of the fathers of CRT, Vladimir Zworykin, became so disillusioned with how television changed society that when asked late in life what he felt was his greatest contribution to television, he said "the off-switch".

  • @ExperimentIV

    @ExperimentIV

    11 ай бұрын

    i love lucy actually wasn’t telecine. i love lucy was recorded to film, one of the (if not the actual) first tv shows to follow the practice

  • @eyeball1080
    @eyeball10802 жыл бұрын

    Your presentation and topics are awesome

  • @perhapsavailable
    @perhapsavailable3 жыл бұрын

    Fun and interesting video altogether. Also, I loved how the ending made me think of the time when Fred bought a new bowlingball for Wilma as a christmas gift ;)

  • @hoodiedude4204
    @hoodiedude42045 жыл бұрын

    Please continue this! This would be awsome if you talked about electron scanning as well!

  • @yoonjeongsoo9378
    @yoonjeongsoo93783 жыл бұрын

    i've wondered this exact question too. Thanks for digging into it!

  • @systemwake
    @systemwake2 жыл бұрын

    Great video! When I was at College, one of my lecturers spend a lesson explaining how incredible the invention of videotape (and more importantly the spinning video head) was, and how we can thank this invention for so much of the technology and accomplishments we have made today. I remember so little but it may be worth a look at in a future episode.

  • @filthysock
    @filthysock4 жыл бұрын

    Even after hearing this (finally) explained, it is still so mindboggling. I can barely fathom that video transmission is possible.

  • @chasesmith6756
    @chasesmith67564 жыл бұрын

    You were right, this non-clickable video is worth it

  • @SeaLevelTZ
    @SeaLevelTZ Жыл бұрын

    Wow the quality of this is increadible!

  • @christopherbozeman6333
    @christopherbozeman6333 Жыл бұрын

    The last line on this video was amazing. I'm hooked, but my head hurts...When watching this channel you should take a break in between just to let your brain rest. Love it bro!

  • @itsrachelfish
    @itsrachelfish4 жыл бұрын

    Watching the electron gun scanning each line was mesmerizing. Never thought I'd get to see that. Thank you!

  • @dougaltolan3017
    @dougaltolan30174 жыл бұрын

    5:23 "they get huge fast!" I'm going to steal that line.

  • @pictobloxer5412

    @pictobloxer5412

    3 жыл бұрын

    ;]

  • @lastrem8605
    @lastrem86052 жыл бұрын

    If society had to restart and we had to rebuild upon a select bit of knowledge I would use the videos to educate.

  • @xxxod

    @xxxod

    2 жыл бұрын

    Make sure not to bring religion with you

  • @fistedmelon2787

    @fistedmelon2787

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@xxxod or just bring people who can respect other people's opinions.

  • @tristonmccallum8883

    @tristonmccallum8883

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@fistedmelon2787 nah, religion is pointless and fiction. Better off without it. Just have a moral basis for humanity instead, not creation myths and false hopes.

  • @fistedmelon2787

    @fistedmelon2787

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tristonmccallum8883 Think whatchu wanna think my guy it's all just an opinion of yours in the end, doesn't affect me.

  • @joaquingrech8949
    @joaquingrech89492 жыл бұрын

    I think I missed the most important part to me: capture. I understood how the image was drawn line by line into a screen. But how did they manage to capture from the real life objects into first in black and white and then in colors? What technology was used for that? I think that was explained in a few seconds while the drawing of the image was explained in detail, and there is a whole story behind how images were captured electronically. Awesome videos by the way.

  • @dandymcgee
    @dandymcgee5 жыл бұрын

    That high pitched sound at the beginning.. I *do not* miss that one bit. My ears graciously thank the inventor of the LCD.

  • @PatrickKQ4HBD

    @PatrickKQ4HBD

    4 жыл бұрын

    I know what you mean, but I can't hear it over my tinnitus anymore, which is nice.

  • @firehog
    @firehog5 жыл бұрын

    Technology connections will react at 4:35 since he already proved that CRT's don't have pixels! But great video anyway.

  • @Tom44224

    @Tom44224

    4 жыл бұрын

    He proved?? I'm pretty sure that was never disputed.

  • @MrSonny6155

    @MrSonny6155

    4 жыл бұрын

    I can already hear him screaming from across the world.

  • @educatainment1799

    @educatainment1799

    4 жыл бұрын

    Color CRTs do have pixels in a certain sense. They have RGB phosphorus dots lined up in a grid of triads. But instead of a circuit that activates them it is a cathode ray.

  • @antoniegelderblom5195
    @antoniegelderblom51952 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a million for getting a gimbal! Your older videos caused motion-sickness. Great work on explaining things that are usually taken for granted.

  • @faviconinfosystem1816
    @faviconinfosystem18162 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, nicely explained, great presentation man!

  • @wolfdragonhorse
    @wolfdragonhorse4 жыл бұрын

    This is like 10 Technology Connections videos condensed into one. A great overview!

  • @YipYapYoup
    @YipYapYoup5 жыл бұрын

    "I always wanted to know why film looked better than video." That's the first line of your description but the video doesn't explain that...

  • @veritasium

    @veritasium

    5 жыл бұрын

    YipYapYoup yeah, it dances around the edges. If you look carefully when I insert the VHS tape into the VCR it says pt.1? So if there is a part 2 this will be a more central focus. The fundamental problem is data. But part of it is as addressed here, converting images into electrical signals is much more complicated than optically recording images on film.

  • @sumaiyashahid2266

    @sumaiyashahid2266

    5 жыл бұрын

    What's a VCR and am I stupid

  • @SlyPearTree

    @SlyPearTree

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@sumaiyashahid2266 Video Cassette Recorder Stupid would have been not to ask the question and stay ignorant about this.

  • @Senzorei

    @Senzorei

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@sumaiyashahid2266 VCR is a video cassette recorder, people used to (and some probably still do) use them to record television broadcasts onto a video cassette, which contains a spool of magnetic tape, for later playback. Initially they were expensive (like any new technology) but became very prevalent in homes during the 1980s and '90s.

  • @neehgurg2111

    @neehgurg2111

    5 жыл бұрын

    Probably because digital video requires compression, while with film you can have the full picture with no loss for every frame.

  • @cristiannaccarato5255
    @cristiannaccarato5255 Жыл бұрын

    so informative. love it man!

  • @flyingo
    @flyingo5 ай бұрын

    I thought for sure you would have mentioned the fact that Bing Crosby was basically the funding source behind the first videotape 2” systems from Ampex in the 50s. My first encounter with videotape was with the 2” system which quickly became a 1” open reel system. We used to edit videotape with a razor blade, crossing our fingers everytime an edit ran across the head. Then, over the following decades we had Beta then VHS, and off to the races it went.

  • @aldenbansemer9224
    @aldenbansemer92245 жыл бұрын

    I really enjoy these videos. Thanks for making them.

  • @KrisVilliger
    @KrisVilliger5 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Would have loved to see you do a collaboration with Technology Connections on this!

  • @K4R3N
    @K4R3N2 жыл бұрын

    PERFECT! excellent walk down memory lane..I knew tv broadcast came somewhat from radio tech, and I heard of Kapkow (so?) discs but you covered it so well. Thank so much.

  • @andif8
    @andif82 жыл бұрын

    I love your question/thought at the end…

  • @TheNewTravel
    @TheNewTravel4 жыл бұрын

    You just gave me a whole new appreciation for television.

  • @darkwoodmovies
    @darkwoodmovies4 жыл бұрын

    I always find it so interesting how creative old technology was. It blows my mind how CRTs work. The digital versions of everything seems trivial to understand for some reason.

  • @danielxmiller

    @danielxmiller

    2 жыл бұрын

    Probably because digital versions work on the electron level, something we can't see or barely imagine. The older technology is much larger and it's easier for us to see the process actually happening.

  • @KougaJ7
    @KougaJ72 жыл бұрын

    I was always super curious how videos and photos are made. Still quite difficult to understand but really cool video!

  • @MediumDSpeaks
    @MediumDSpeaks5 жыл бұрын

    AHHH, OLD TV QUALITY! *IT BURNS!*

  • @amojak

    @amojak

    5 жыл бұрын

    quite literally, old TV's often had burnt phosphorous and computer monitors gained screensavers for the sole purpose of preventing burnt in images :)

  • @richardhz-oi8px

    @richardhz-oi8px

    5 жыл бұрын

    Image burn in still happens in modern sets, in fact it is a even greater problem on 4K OLED sets than it ever was on CRT sets. A friend of mine who is a TV technician went to a conference put on by one of the major manufacturers, Samsung or LG, I think, and was told to tell customers to limit viewing of content with static imagery including sports telecasts. The only time the image burn in problem went away was on CCFL or LED backlit LCD sets.