The Original Jenkins Projector, Now in the United States National Museum, Consisted of an Optical System Which First Successfully Projected Motion Pictures on a Screen

The February 1999 Journal published in: “Progress Report-Television” by Robert P. Seidel:” Nineteen hundred and ninety-eight was a milestone year for the television broadcast and production community as it began the transition to DTV. The Consumer Electronics show kicked off the year with prototype receivers being displayed by almost every manufacturer. Temporary broadcast facilities were set up by ABC, CBS, and PBS to provide receiver manufacturers with actual HDTV broadcast signals. Many observers indicated that they were disappointed that the manufacturing community had not progressed further in DTV receiver development. However, the manufacturers assured their detractors they would have product available for the 1998 holiday season…No sooner was the Olympics over than everyone was focused on NAB 1998. One did not have to walk far in the exhibit area to realize that HDTV had transitioned from the wings to center stage…In early spring, many stations began tower modification and construction projects for DTV…During the summer, the ATTC completed their measurements on the “Evaluation of DTV taboo channel interference into NTSC under strong signal conditions…A… milestone occurred on October 29, 1998, when the Harris Corp. sponsored the John Glenn Space Shuttle Launch that was carried live coast-to-coast on the CBS high-definition network consisting of eight early adopter stations.”

Print ISSN

1545-0279

Electronic ISSN

2160-2492

Published

2024-01

Content type

Opinion

DOI

10.5594/JMI.2024/IDYQ4827