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The World's First HD TV Broadcasts - In 1949!
This is a bit technically complicated, but I think most of us will be able to get what the article is saying. It tells the incredible story of how one country - France - actually had HDTV as long ago as the late 1940's! What happened to it and why didn't anyone else adopt it? The story is one I've never heard before.
Forgotten histories: France's post war HD television system
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I saw the French 819 line system at the French Pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal. I noticed how much sharper the picture was compared to the North American NTSC system.
When I went to Germany with the USAF they had at the base a TV that could receive NTSC (for the AFRTS broadcasts), PAL and SECAM. The German PAL broadcasts were sharper than NTSC (Never The Same Colour).
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