27 Apr
2012
27 Apr
'12
11:17 a.m.
On April 1, 1962, Swedish Television had an item on
the news where a
well-known technical expert explained that the broadcasting company had
just installed new equipment which would allow viewers to see the
programmes in colour, if they cut up a ladies' nylon stocking and fixed
it over the screen. I believe quite a few people actually tried it.
It became one of the best known April Fools jokes in Sweden, at least
with those who were around at the time.
I see...
There was a preoduct sold over here that consisted of a multi-colour
filter. It was divided into 3 horizontal stripes. The top stripe was
blue, the middle stripe a weak flesh colour and the bottom stripe was green.
The idea was that if you put it over your TV screen you got colour
pictures....
Well, it was OK for most outdoor sceens (blue sky, people in the middle,
grass at the bottom), but less good for anything else. But I am told
people bought them.
(No I am not confusing this with the rotary disk for fliters used in some
sequential colour systemss).
-tony