Super-8 — A Universal Input to Video-Cassette and Television Systems, Part II: Technical Considerations

Scanning of film for TV transmission is well established in the art for intermittent film advance. Various means of optical compensation for continuous film motion have been studied for application to television, but most of them have a degree of distortion which cannot be fully corrected and such systems are not acceptable for good quality pictures. — A means for electronic compensation has been worked out which permits greatly improved picture quality and, at the same time, permits a range of film speeds from zero to thirty frames per second and cooperates with the speed and uniformity of the particular sound recording and playback. A brief description of this system is given. It is noteworthy that controlled electronic compensation has advantages over optical compensation in this situation. The advantages of a continuous film system are outlined. A very brief description is also given of a new system designed in Germany which combines intermittent and moving film motion.

Print ISSN

0361-4573

Published

1972-07

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/J08257