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... lines , repeating approximately 10 times per second . The results , though inevitably crude - flickering badly and with a dim receiver screen a few inches high - nevertheless became the start of television as a practical technology and ...
... lines , repeating approximately 10 times per second . The results , though inevitably crude - flickering badly and with a dim receiver screen a few inches high - nevertheless became the start of television as a practical technology and ...
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... lines , one of which fits successively within the spaces of the other . Thus the picture area is illuminated twice during each complete picture transmission , although each line in the image is present only once during that time . This ...
... lines , one of which fits successively within the spaces of the other . Thus the picture area is illuminated twice during each complete picture transmission , although each line in the image is present only once during that time . This ...
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... lines in the frame is an odd number . All the numbers of lines used in ordinary transmissions ( see Table 6 ) were chosen for this reason . The return of the scanning spot from right to left and from bottom to top of the frame , during ...
... lines in the frame is an odd number . All the numbers of lines used in ordinary transmissions ( see Table 6 ) were chosen for this reason . The return of the scanning spot from right to left and from bottom to top of the frame , during ...
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