History of Television, 1942 to 2000

Albert Abramson published (with McFarland) in 1987 a landmark volume titled The History of Television, 1880?1941 (?massive...research?Library Journal; ?voluminous documentation?Choice; ?many striking old photos?The TV Collector). At last he has produced the follow-up volume; the reader may be assured there is no other book in any language that is remotely comparable to it. Chapters are devoted to television during World War II and the postwar era, the development of color television, Ampex Corporation's contributions, television in Europe, the change from helical to high band technology, solid state cameras, the television coverage of Apollo II, the rise of electronic journalism, television entering the studios, the introduction of the camcorder, the demise of RCA at the hands of GE, the domination of Sony and Matsushita, and the future of television in e-cinema and the 1080 P24 format. The book is heavily illustrated (as is the first volume).Abramson, Albert is the author of 'History of Television, 1942 to 2000', published 2007 under ISBN 9780786432431 and ISBN 0786432438.