Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
.TELEV|S|ON EQUAL
|. TO SOUND REMOTE:
Seen Within Five Years If
Development Proceeds at
Normal Pace.
BY the Associated press

! BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK.-National television on
par with sound broadcasting is a
considerable distance in the future.
When such a development will ma
terialize, engineers hesitate to say. DR..
Alfred N. Goldsmith, vice president and
general engineer of r. C. A. and long
ldentined with broadcast engineering,
thinks u Will not be possible until three
years have elapsed, and 1t may be
longer.
1T seems likely that national tele-
vision service Of proven value with
in q year would be a miracle" he
said. Within two years it would be
an amazing feat; within three years
OF hard work, and within five years,
1t would be development proceeding
at good and normal pace.
Fine Work Being Done.
IF television is developed as a sery-
ice of real entertainment and instruc-
tional value to the public it will take
Its place beside radio broadcasting as
one Of the greatest agencies Of human
progress and enjoyment, but it Is not to
be expected that the day Of teleyision
is as yet near at hand.
Laboratories are doing excellent
work in the development OF television
and VIII probably ultimately bring the
equipment to satisfactory stage for
public use. Il is dangerous to make
any definite prediction as to how long
this will take"
DR.. Goldsmith pointed out that the
term televtsion means so many differ
emf things to various people that a
RI0Pt6R0 ffAYR d -.
1t means small, dim. bury and shift
ing images. Others think it means
perfect, large brilliant pictures like the
nneSt movies. Each viewpoint is re-
garded as extreme.
"Television Is a radio service OF pic
lures in motion Of sufficient detail and
quality IN have continuing entertain
ment r2iG, to the public, month after
month and year after year. It is
believed that 1t is necessary to be able
to show clearly the head and shoul-
ders OF several people in a closeup and
also action Of group at q greater
distance with reasonable amount of
background detail.
1T Is necessary that receivers sup
Piled the public be simple, compact,
quiet, and fairly automatic and re-
liable In operation and reasonable in
cost. Pictures must be brilliant enough
10 De seen In an ordinary o1mly lighted
room, Of good color, of adequate detail,
Of real pictorial value, without annoy
ing flicker, and visible to persons seated
in various parts of the room.
Many Trapsmitters Necessary.
I'm order that the people of the
United States shall enjoy such q serv-
Ice 1t must be carried out on q national
scale. This means erection of numer-
GUS television transmitters. They must
be located at proper points all over the
country, and on occasion be intercon-
nected by wire, radio or through ship
ment Of film subjects so that programs
of interest may be brought to the pub
lie promptly.
Establishment of transmitting sta
tons and creation of programs for the
entire United States is a lengthy and
expensive Job. To be of value to the
public programs must be arranged SO
that they will coordinate sight and
| sound properly. Correct wavelengths
for television for city, suburban and
rural service must be determined. In
correct choice of wavelengths means
ruined or unreliable transmission"