Some rivalry, perhaps jealousy, seems to have been engendered by the report of the Television Committee and Marconi-EMI's subsequent, February 1935, choice of the 405-line standard. In the USA, Sarnoff, President of RCA, in a statement delivered at the May 1935 annual meeting of RCA shareholders presented his opinion as to which country was foremost in television development: 'The results attained by RCA in laboratory experiments go beyond the standards accepted for the inauguration of experimental television service in Europe. We believe we are further advanced scientifically in this field than any other country in the world.' Sarnoff was in a dilemma. On the one hand, he wished to extend RCA's position in high-definition television vis-a-vis that of its competitors; on the other hand, he did not want to upset the sales boom in radio receivers which might result if a television service were introduced.

Inspec keywords: radio receivers; history; television broadcasting; high definition television

Other keywords: television broadcasting; radio receiver; RCA shareholders; US Sarnoff; Europe; high-definition television; television service

Subjects: Radio and television receivers