A Comprehensive Proposal for a Closed-Loop Theater Television System

Abstract

Theater television offers tremendous possibilities to the motion picture industry as a new form of entertainment, but requires picture quality which measures up to the high standards of 35-mm motion picture practice. A totally new system is proposed which can produce the required picture quality. It differs from the home television system in several important respects, such as a higher number of scanning lines, a lower frame frequency, and greater video bandwidth. New electronic bandwidth-compression techniques may enable transmission of the improved picture over presently available relay facilities. Detailed discussion of the new standards and techniques points out advantages and possible disadvantages of this approach.