1930s analog standard-definition television resolution standard
A 1933 photo of Telefunken's FE-II,[ 1] a combined 180-line TV and radio receiver.
Telefunken FE III 180-line TV set from 1936.
180-line is an early electronic television system. It was used in Germany after March 22, 1935, using telecine transmission of film, intermediate film system , or cameras using the Nipkow disk . Simultaneously, fully electronic transmissions using cameras based on the iconoscope began on January 15, 1936, with definition of 375 lines .
The Berlin Summer Olympic Games were televised,[ 2] using both closed-circuit 375-line fully electronic iconoscope-based cameras and 180-line intermediate film cameras[ 3] transmitting to Berlin, Hamburg , Munich , Nuremberg , and Bayreuth via special Reichspost long-distance cables in August 1936. In Berlin, twenty-eight public 180-line television rooms were opened for anybody who did not own a television set.
180-line system details:[ 4]
System
Field frequency
Active picture
Field blanking
No. of broad pulses
Broad pulse width
Line frequency
Front porch
Line sync
Back porch
Active line time
Video/syncs ratio
180-line
25 Hz
169 lines
11 lines
1 per field
200 μs
4500 Hz
2.2 μs
20.0 μs
2.2 μs
197.8 μs
75/25
Some TV sets for this system were available, including the French Grammont models,[ 5] [ 6] Telefunken FE II[ 1] and FE III,[ 7] and Fernseh Tischmodell[ 8]
After February 1937, both 180- and 375-line systems were replaced by a superior, 441-line system .
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