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Old 22nd Apr 2020, 9:36 am   #20
Brigham
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Default Re: Talking Pictures TV

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Originally Posted by Radio Wrangler View Post
I've been known to wind up people a little by saying that, just like with cinemas, early televisions were silent and someone in each household had to play a piano or something before talky TVs were invented.

David
Early TV WAS silent.
The picture and sound were sent consecutively,from 2LO, until the new BBC 'twin wave' station at Brookmans Park opened in 1930.
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