Color Television-U.S.A. Standard

With the advent of commercial color television, the invitation of The Institute of Radio Engineers to present an up-to-date picture of the officially adopted system seemed most timely. This paper is divided into four sections. The first deals with the actual standards as established by the Federal Communications Commission and discusses their colorimetric significance. Section II discusses the design and performance of typical commercial color-television receivers. Section III will be of special interest to the broadcaster as it describes the conversion of existing black-and-white studio equipment for color-television use. Some data on studio installation and lighting are also furnished. Section IV deals with nonbroadcast uses of color television and describes industrial color-television equipment known under the name "Vericolor." Other advances such as a method of increasing picture sharpness are presented in an accompanying paper (pp. 1314-1322) under the heading of "A new technique for improving the sharpness of television pictures."