From 1931 RCA's only competitor, apart from Farnsworth (whose image dissector tube did not possess the property of charge storage), in the all-electronic television field was Electric and Musical Industries (EMI) of the United Kingdom. The company's R&D effort led to the inauguration of the world's first, high-definition, public television service on 2 November 1936, and is considered in the next chapter. Additionally the question of standards for high-definition black-and-white television which had an influence on those for colour television is discussed.

Inspec keywords: television picture tubes; high definition television

Other keywords: prewar colour television; high-definition public television service; high-definition black-and-white television; RCA; all-electronic television field; image dissector tube; charge storage

Subjects: High definition television and video