Peck Television Corp.
Peck Television Corp. was a private company headquartered in
In 1935, Peck denigrated the still developing medium of electronic television, touting the virtues of mechanical television. He was quoted in the January 1935 edition of Radio News and Short Wave Radio as saying, "Television is already here. It meets all the requirements laid down by critics, at least as far as my system is concerned, which will provide images up to two by three feet, with detail comparable to that of home movie pictures, and bright enough to be clearly visible in a room containing two or three floor lamps."
He went on to say, "Mechanical scanning will, in my opinion, be the most popular system. It affords a more sharply defined picture element than does the cathode ray tube, replacement of light source is necessary at longer intervals and costs but 10 cents instead of many dollars."[3]
In December 1935, Hoyt began a five-week period of trial broadcasts using his mechanical system in Montreal.[4]
References
- ^ "History of the radio manufacturer Peck Television Corporation; Montreal, Quebec". Radio Museum. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ "History of the radio manufacturer Peck Television Corporation".
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(help) - ^ "Mechanical Television: Peck Television Corporation; Console Receiver and Camera". Early Television Museum. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ "Chronomedia: 1935". TerraMedia. Retrieved 18 February 2012.