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1971:
Management at Philips pushes for launch of "next evolution in technology":
The one inch Plumbicon that they have brought into glorious production.
To show they're serious, their flagship camera will be have this tube
to the exclusion of larger preceding proven format.
When specifying noise & resolution for this flagship, Philips are more than
a little fuzzy: 45db & "40% mod @ 5mhz". Peculiar; looks like they're quoting
noise with contour correction turned off.
Those who have seen these with contour turned off would say that even this
meager spec was rosy & atypical.
Meanwhile Marconi & Fernseh stick with larger format tube !
Thank you very much Philips but no thanks.
Early 1980s:
Philips quietly redesigns (severe) contour correction for 1" camera (lots of boost,
less noise) and introduces LDK-6 reverting to big tube option & better specs (they don't
say which tube generated these specs, but not hard to figure out)
Last edited by NewVista; 07-02-2011 at 12:27 AM.
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