As well as helping to explain a poorly understood period of television history, this unique book sheds new light on the activities of John Logie Baird and the definition and invention of television itself.
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"Scholarly research and 'can't put it down' writing are rare companions. Don McLean has succeeded magnificently in conveying the excitement of unearthing and restoring recordings Baird's 30 line TV pictures."
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STOP PRESS (8 January 2002)
Restoring Baird's Image is one of three titles on the short list for a prestigious international award; the 2001 Kraszna-Krausz Award for books on the moving image.
Restoring Baird's Image is one of three titles on the short list for a prestigious international award; the 2001 Kraszna-Krausz Award for books on the moving image.
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Format:Hardcover
As the title suggests, this book deals largely with the retrieval and restoration of Baird's 30-line television pictures recorded on shellac and aluminium discs over the period 1927-35.
Many authors writing about the history of television are faced with the difficulty of finding something new without quoting from earlier accounts written by other people. Donald McLean manages to avoid most of these problems since he is in the unique position of being able to describe a form of television archaeology never attempted before. About 70 pages are devoted to the restoration of Phonovision discs and other examples of recording television signals. The author provides a fascinating account of the years he spent investigating the subject
Written in a conversational style, this book covers a considerable amount of new ground. It is copiously illustrated and 40 of the photographs have never before been published.
The infant years of television are captured most successfully and the book represents essential reading for everybody interested in those days.
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By A. Gulliver
Format:Hardcover
I found this book difficult to put down. After reading on Mr Mclean's website about his restoration of Baird 30 line discs I waited some time for this, more technical, description of the electronic archeology involved.
For anyone like me who wants to know the details of what Donald has achieved and how he did it, this book is fascinating. For less technically minded folks it has many sections which are still very interesting and lots of pictures and illustrations. All in all a fabulous book, written in a friendly style which will stand as a landmark publication on early television. For the first time we know for sure something about what the earliest transmitted TV programmes were like, their content and technical quality. We also have direct evidence of problems Baird faced in developing his TV system and how he attempted to overcome them.
McLean is restoring Baird's image in more senses than one, not only has he restored 70 year old video discs, he has also restored the reputation of Mr Baird and his television system.
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a brilliantly written book if youhave any interest at all in the developemtn of TV
13 Dec 2012
By kirky
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I read this book several years ago and really liked it, so I lent it to a friend and never got it back, so I have just bought another cppy and I am re reading it. It is well written and not too technical. It is extremely well researched and this ensures all the myths regarding Baird and the development of TV, are carefully corrected using data references and suitably qualified recollections of teh people who worked with Baird. All recollections are cross checked and qualifed, so you know this is the nearest to a definative account as possible
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