How Was Video Invented?

I always wanted to know why film looked better than video. Moving electronic images have as long a history but were invented for a different purpose. This video was sponsored by B&H Photo: www.bhphotovideo.com
Huge thanks to:
Richard Diehl, Video Labguy / videolabguy
www.labguysworld.com
Branch Education for awesome animations
ve42.co/BranchEd
Minutephysics for mechanical TV animations
/ minutephysics
Mark Schubin
Engineer and explainer, SMPTE Life Fellow
www.smpte.org
This is a video I've long wanted to make, about what makes video look like video and, up until 10 years ago or so, not as appealing as film. I grew up with the two technologies (film and video) in parallel and to me they always seemed like two ways of achieving the same ends: recording and replaying moving images. But their histories are quite distinct. Film was always a way to capture moving images for later replaying. Video started out as a way to transfer images from one place to another instantaneously. This dates back to the first fax machine, mechanical TV, live broadcast tv and ultimately videotapes. This history focuses on the early decades of video and not the more recent switches to chip cameras and solid state storage. Maybe that's a story for another day.
Additional resources and references:
The Dawn of Tape: Transmission Device as Preservation Medium
ve42.co/dawnoftape
What Sparked Video Research in 1877? The Overlooked Role of the Siemens Artificial Eye
ve42.co/sparkvideo
Video Preservation Website:
videopreservation.conservation...
Image Orthicon Tube:
interiorcommunicationselectric...
Film vs Digital
stephenfollows.com/film-vs-di...
Eyes of a Generation:
eyesofageneration.com
Television in the US:
www3.northern.edu/wild/th100/t...
www.classictvinfo.com
Music from www.epidemicsound.com "Seaweed" "Capture a Picture 1" "Colorful Animation 4"

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[@m.c.v.a.8586]

In ancient Veritasium times it was supposed to be 2 videos a week, I think

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I'm waiting for him to upload weekly!

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Almost makes up for Vsauce

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nobody noticing his name tho

[@michellegoede2258]

@@DNAinstinct if that limits quality not

[@skierpage]

Alexander Bain's electromechanical fax at 1:18 is so smart. One person in 1843 could understand electric transmission, clock mechanisms, paper chemistry, and lithography to assemble the whole system!

[@SonGoku-zd6eo]

@Samuel Cruz and also because at that time there was so much to be discovered and ponder over.... Unlike now...where all the low hanging fruits are plucked and huge funds, technology, management is needed for any R&D.

[@SonGoku-zd6eo]

@Samuel Cruz but that "still so much to be discovered" can't be discovered the way things used to be discovered decades back.... Now you need a team of specialists, director, huge funds, technology, patent uses to just scratch the surface..... Take black hole image for example..... Stacks of hard drives of code and years of research to get just a blur image !!

[@pvic6959]

@Samuel Cruz true, and also is that there was so much to discover! at one point one person could know all of human knowledge, that is no longer the case. and he wasnt alone, the 100% had help. he built on those before him

[@MetaJamm]

@Samuel Cruz You really don't need many cool things to wase your time. You just waste it less cool and that's all. (but yes, you partially right, just partially)

[@sakshambhatia9273]

@@SonGoku-zd6eo but one can only say that after looking at the past. Maybe 50-60 yrs later from now, people will say that research in 2020s was so easy as there were so many things to explore.

[@mohnjarx7801]

It's mind boggling to think how the pioneers of this technology came up with their ideas, let alone figured out how to build them

[@EBTS-3]

Yes, even if we as individuals each have general intelligence our discoveries and actions build up like sediment and create a super intelligence not one lifetime could achieve

[@kalvinhalvorson6072]

It’s truly amazing that people were able to think of stuff like that from scratch

[@poolguycoolguy1597]

Especially back then with limited information and materials. Pioneers.

[@PinkeySuavo]

I got butterflies in my stomach while watching this video, realising how genious minds were/are out there.

[@theapotheosisofgdot2294]

Very few things in this world are done without the wind and losses of those before

[@BangMaster96]

+Kalvin Halvorson No, they didn't figure this out from scratch, they built on previous knowledge, it took more than century worth of Engineering and creativity to get to where we are today. Cathode Ray Tubes were not originally invented for displaying videos, but, some Engineer or Physicist figured out that you can use it to display images on a screen. So, you take an invention already made by another scientist, and you add on top of it, you don't make it from scratch. And you work with a team, not by yourself, because it would be near impossible for one person to figure all this out on his own. And i know this because i'm an Engineer, and it's all about team work, and building on previous knowledge. Even today, most technology you use may seem futuristic, and advanced, but it's no different than the technology from the 80's and 90's, we have just gotten more creative in how to better design and manufacture it.

[@BrekkaJones24]

White people*!

[@sarabeth641]

I'm so glad to see you posting more. Thank you for continuing to educate us.

[@a51mj12]

No.

[@MrDacedric]

@@a51mj12 No u

[@russdill]

Also big thank you to B&H

[@sarabeth641]

I'm a pretty active commenter on several of my favorite KZbinrs videos. It would be cool to get paid to comment, but I just generally like Veritasium and also taking money to comment would go against my morals. He's pretty entertaining. Is there something about him I missed? Did he become controversial? I'm going to ignore any other Jewish comments because I'm from Tennessee. I've never met a Jewish person. And I have no reason to dislike them.

[@zes3813]

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[@fanman421]

Excellent presentation !!! I grew up in the 50’s and 60’s. By age 13 I was riding my bicycle, with western flyer wagon behind, going around the neighborhoods collecting discarded TV sets. I would take them home, remove the tubes take them to the store and test them, and use the good ones to replace bad ones in other sets. Then sold working TV’s in garage sales. I can remember when fast moving TV images became less smeared when the vidicon camera tubes were replaced with the new plumbicon tubes that had a faster response.

[@Chickenbreadlp]

It's interesting to know that high quality 35mm Film has about as much detail as a 4k Video. The reason most movie studios waited so long to switch to video is not because they waited for better editing techniques, but more because they waited for Video quality to catch up with film quality. That's also the reason why some older Music Videos can be remastered into good looking 4k, but some newer ones can't, the latter being shot in Video. Even today, some movie directors opt to shoot on film, but 70mm IMAX often, rather then 35mm...

[@harshityadav0]

Wow, great insight!

[@Daniel-mw7pu]

Yup. Film reproduces color more accurately too. This is why older movies tend to look very vibrant and almost overexposed, and newer movies look cooler.

[@gertrude1585]

what is the difference between film and video?

[@suyogshrestha1929]

Film means the old physical way of storing/making videos while video in this case means digital way of creating/making videos. So an analog camera uses film but your phone is a digital camera.

[@suyogshrestha1929]

​@@gertrude1585.

[@robertholtz]

My father, Sam Holtz, was a legend in broadcast television engineering, telecine, and video post production. He filled my head with all this engineering science and history over the course of most of my life, along with all these technical inner workings you described... just about all of it now a lost art. I watched this video with a deep appreciation for you. Thank you for bringing this knowledge to a new generation and doing it so accurately. I just wish my dad was still around to have watched your video. I know it would’ve put a smile on his face. Peace.

[@jackjwalajoshua6]

Wow! I'll sure like to know about you and your late father. :)

[@sagaramskp]

Big salute to your dad and his peers

[@volrath__]

I highly recommend a channel called "Technology Connections" they did a full multipart series on TV and recorded media, everything from video to laser disks, and whole 20 minute videos about elements in this video, like color wheels and other novel ways of broadcasting color. Its a highly interesting series!

[@robertholtz]

@@volrath__ Thanks! I know the channel well. Been a subscriber for years. Highly interesting indeed. Cheers!

[@almafuertegmailcom]

I think it's imperative that 20th century ingenuity doesn't get lost to history. The 20th century was special, in the sense that it was a time of transition. Before the 20th century, the things we invented lasted for centuries, so we have a lot of time and examples of each tech we used before that time. We won't forget about horse shoeing, or water mills, or traditional swordmaking, because they were done for millenia. The things we do now in the 21st century, each lasts even less, but there is better tech to document each (the internet doesn't forget), and they are built in more straightforward ways. We don't do 4k video in a different way than we do 1080p, or 720p, and we won't do video in a fundamentally different way centuries from now, it'll still be pixels stored and transmitted digitally using a certain format. But in the 20th century, we had just enough tech to do crazy thing, but not enough to do it in a straightforward way, so we had to get creative. And each of those techs was unique, different from the previous one, and lasted for a short enough time that we might just forget about them. In the past 20 years we went from 240p digital video to 360, 480, 720, 1080, 4k, 8k ... basically the same tech, just different quality, codecs, etc. The same for audio. Meanwhile, in the 20th century, we jumped from cylinders to vinyl, to 8-tracks, to cassettes to CDs. From 16mm to VHS to vCDs. From the telegraph to the telephone, from rotary to push button, from analogue over copper to digital over copper, to VoIP. From massive bricks to flip phones to smart phones. All in such a short timeframe. As you said, lost art.

[@Boredman567]

IIRC, the fact that storing video was difficult meant that a lot of famous TV broadcasts have been lost, even after recorders were adopted. The early episodes of Dr. Who were taped over for later programs, and now the only known recordings are audio tapes made by a viewer. The moon landing footage was also taped over by NASA, so the only existing footage is a video recording of a video broadcast of a video broadcast.

[@domc3040]

Key thing to remember is that it was a cultural decision as much as a technological one. The mindset was simply that TV was one and done, like a theatre show. The idea of keeping the early episodes of Doctor Who for posterity seemed inane to most people at the time. That said, taping over the moon landings is pretty ridiculous!

[@rocketry100]

There must be a conspiracy theory in there somewhere.

[@travisscavoni369]

So then, when people watched the moon landings on TV back in the late 60s the video quality was actually better than what we see now?

[@FAB1150]

@@travisscavoni369 well yeah You can try to see the loss in quality by recording a KZbin video in 480p with your phone's camera that's set to record in 480p, then record the recording again using the same method.

[@GordonFreeman.]

@@travisscavoni369 the famous video of Neil stepping off the leg onto the surface was from a broadcast camera recording a monitor in mission control. Kind of like how so much footage of the D-Day landings was either lost or destroyed. Very sad! But very odd looking back

[@michael4192]

Damn. Imagine you could tell those folks that you would be able to do all that with a handheld device. They'd be astounded!

[@jsl151850b]

Doctor Emmett Brown was suitably impressed by Marty's camcorder in the first *Back to the Future.*

[@manishiyer23]

An honest wish 👍🏼

[@Roma-tz9vg]

They would be crashed with inferiority complex and would never invent anything.

[@pilosopher974]

@@Roma-tz9vg A Grandfather-Like paradox.

[@Roma-tz9vg]

@@pilosopher974 Yeah, and it's likely that in 50 years from now people will be smiling on our pathetic 4k oleds too.

[@privateparty4900]

4:50 The color wheel wasn't a dead-end. Single chip DLP projectors still use them to this day.

[@user-nk6gu5er3v]

smart boi

[@dallynsr]

Even though DLP is a sub quality image compared to current LCD projectors and even OLED flat panels. Its a cool mechanism like the hole disk.

[@GrzegorzDurda]

correct!!!!!!

[@naota3k]

Can you imagine.. "Gather round, family! Time to fire up the color-picture tube!" *switch clicks, relays fire, belts and color wheel spin up* *shouting* "SO WHAT DO WE WANT TO SEE TONIGHT?!"

[@sbonel3224]

More like wait 5-8 minutes before it warms up then reboot it and it will show picture.

[@ZeKnife]

They probably didn't have much to choose from

[@billvegas8146]

Don't forget the rabbit ears! Sometimes one of us had to stand just right next to the tube to pull in that one station.

[@selforganisation]

That's funny, because DLP projectors have always used a fast-spinning color wheel (but with more colors and faster), and cheaper ones still do that, and this is the reason when you're seeing an image from one and move your head, you temporarily see a faint rainbow.

[@naota3k]

@@selforganisation Wow really? I've definitely noticed that weird rainbow when moving around, never knew what caused it.

[@HumansOfVR]

*My ears and eyes haven't experienced the ancient technology in so long*

[@Unkn0.n]

Now we know how they built the pyramids with ancient tech

[@shreyasjv4877]

While it has been phenomenal, I think he's centering too much on himself. Too much of Veritasium logo's and Derek in the video. I come here to listen to scientists and ideas of science. But this was a History video so I guess for this one, its fine. Hope you do rectify later though.

[@bobstevenson3130]

Was this comment generated by an ai?

[@adonismateo]

these people were genius for sure 👏🏽

[@IndigoPath]

And sometime in that history, a bunch of people with slide rulers put men on the moon. Calculators didn’t exist yet. What percent of the human population is just being carried around by geniuses like these?

[@shukrantpatil]

90% ?

[@tweedyburd007]

@@shukrantpatil more like 99.99%

[@fiusionmaster3241]

Agreed

[@poptvonline566]

We should respect those who started this video production cameras and TVs

[@johnrogers9481]

Derek, I enjoyed this show. Quite interesting to get a wrap up on film and video, as I lived through this period since 1953! Great to see how it was done after just being on the receiving end most of my life. Also I got involved in acquiring and editing video in the mid nineties. Oh, I also enjoyed your show on the wave pool, that is so amazing! Thanks for everything!

[@necessaryevil455]

Amazing. If everyone was as smart as me we would still be using stone tools.

[@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1062]

If everyone were as smart as me we would have been type 5 civilization by now

[@dand1486]

@@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1062 not a smart comment

[@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1062]

@@dand1486 no it is a smart comment

[@rayaqin]

@@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1062 type 5 would need way more time. No way humans would be there by now even if everyone has always been at maximum as dumb as you are

[@MagikarpMan]

@@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1062 by saying that your comparing yourself to god, since type 5s hold complete mastery over every aspect of the universe

[@pathologicaldoubt]

Derek: *explains inner-working mechanics of video cameras* Me: Magic. So, it's magic. Got it.

[@kbbeats3099]

The power of the human brain to understand such things about the natural world... Is the magic.

[@Shepard_AU]

@@kbbeats3099 It's a bit different if someone has the understanding of the world being flat.

[@andrewhanson1180]

OMG I was thinking the same thing! I even posted my own comment saying so before I found yours lol!

[@somekid8311]

@@kbbeats3099 no weed is magic nothing else

[@Disco.Wizard]

This is how I always feel after learning how some kind of technology exists. Engineers are basically wizards

[@ZackLeath]

I don’t see how everyone just goes about their day to day life not wondering how electricity works. Let alone subjects like this. I’m so glad I chose to go to college and choose a career path to mess around with awesome things everyday. I remember my first couple of semesters of college I thought I was learning magic. I wish there were more people like this guy to show how amazing everything we use everyday really is.

[@anthonyalvarado6465]

It's Terrifying that so many people are so comfortable being ignorant! What did you go to College for?

[@ZackLeath]

@@anthonyalvarado6465 first time I got two Associates of applied science in Instrumentstion and controls technology and another Industrial Systems Technology. I’m back in school to get my B.E.E. though. I probably have a year or so left.

[@cooIfooI]

@@ZackLeath good for you, hope this year is going well for you!! good luck with all your future endeavors!

[@ciircuz]

@@anthonyalvarado6465 wait what? Ignorant? Because I didn't do STEM I somehow chose to be ignorant and found comfort in it? Why tf would I know how a TV -actually- works. Strange comment from you

[@cejuonline]

@@anthonyalvarado6465 Many don't have the opportunity or choice to seek this kind of knowledge. With how society works currently, the ignorant will always be the majority unfortunately

[@alileevil]

Technology back then seems to be so much more complicated in certain ways.

[@Outlaw_j84]

True

[@aprildev1]

Actually it was simpler the problem is we don't appreciate today's technology enough and we think it's simple but if we go deeper in to how things work its so complicated

[@silentx]

@@aprildev1 this. Most people don't appreciate most of the work has done til today. W comment.

[@nativeafroeurasian]

@@elypowell6797 because it's interpreted as saying that those things could not be invented by someone else. Don't focus on the people, focus on the ideas. It's ideas and solutions that make a species survive, not the knowedge about the individual.

[@Sonsequence]

When the iPhone came out with its minimal, intuitive interfaces a lot of its fans wondered why other companies hadn't had the idea of just keeping it simple. These people do not appreciate that, in fact the simple feeling interface is often the much more complex system. Simple interfaces are not eliminating complexity, they're managing it for you.

[@BruceCinema1337]

It feels like Veritasium filled in for Vsauce after Michael lost his marbles.

[@garethbaus5471]

Probably an improvement in the quality of content from an educational viewpoint, even if it is less entertaining.

[@treeoflibertydefense8612]

Is that what happened?? Is that why his shows have been so weird? Did the psychedelics get him?

[@chaser107]

What are you talking about. Michael matured stylistically

[@farhanasayedjuthi8734]

Ahhgg, that Vsauce host is so irritating. Keeps jumping all over the frame. So distracting on topics. :3 Veritasium host is great! Simple and eye shooting and easy to be pace with him. :)

[@exaucemayunga22]

Yeah

[@5MadMovieMakers]

I forget that KZbin is named after the thing it's gradually replacing

[@veritasium]

Gradually!

[@silkwesir1444]

before you know it! literally... ...spooky.

[@j.davidosorio1154]

Completely!

[@brianpinto9243]

Ummm... What is it replacing ?

[@circuit10]

@@brianpinto9243 TV

[@mdzaid5925]

It’s fascinating how the electron gun can be controlled so accurately

[@user-yg4kj2mf1p]

Thing is, the election gun is NOT so accurate, that's where the "shadow mask" comes into play to make color CRTs work. This also means that the colored phosphor dots are not pixels as mentioned in the video. Technology Connections has a great video on the topic, check it out if interested to learn more. I may be hard on the Veritasium guy, but he named his channel "an element of truth", so glossing over the fact that the shadow mask is what makes color CRTs work is a pretty big omission IMO.

[@darkempire37]

@@user-yg4kj2mf1p and you forgot to mention the deflection coil ,which Is what guides the electron beam to the proper position on the back of the phosphor coated screen.

[@keithbowman7650]

Richard's obvious passion for video is endearing. I've watched Technology Connection's videos about this subject, and this is a very good compliment to it.

[@Zesuto3]

2 Seconds in and my ears are already feeling assaulted, truly the oldschool TV experience.

[@AxxLAfriku]

I will now count to 3 and then I am still the unprettiest KZbinr of all time. 1...2...3. Btw I have two very hot girlfriends. Thank you for your attention, dear managa

[@tehjamerz]

ゼストくん - let's draw manga! Spoken like someone who wasnt there

[@mukrifachri]

I'm guessing Derek didn't notice this - you do kind of lose the sensitivity of it as you age.

[@jessicaonymous4352]

I know, everytime I watch an old film I think "everyone goes on about how visual quality has improved but damn the audio has too"

[@christoffer2794]

@@jessicaonymous4352 Not what he was refering to :)

[@mattmanmv13]

you nail more than I will ever understand!!! Your camera angles are amazing! Thank you for your amazing videos!

[@MrNice-zm9qk]

Thank you for answering the question how the Cameras worked back in the days. Been wondering about this point for years. Keep up the great work!

[@pixoariz]

Mechanical TV for the masses! All power to the vidicons, image orthicons and iconoscopes! From a Labguy and Veritasium fan: thoroughly well researched and executed. Thank you.

[@rohant]

Who else saw this first on Technology Connections?! Freaking awesome to see one topic done in two different ways!

[@mrkitty777]

I watched this tomorrow

[@PaulMeranda]

*incredible* channel, that Technology Connections 💙

[@Jacob-McGregor]

Yeah I saw this explained ages ago on Technology Connections, that guy has a really good way of explaining things

[@firehog]

I "hear" technology connections words "CRT's don't have pixels!" at 4:35. It would be cool to see him comment on this video.

[@Ildskalli]

That's exactly what I thought! CRTs don't have pixels :/ Alec did a very good job of explaining this subject in-depth, but I'm sure Derek's take will be easier to process for those not technically-inclined.

[@henrintyam8767]

I really appreciate when you sketch it up, I really feel like I'm going with the fow of the ideas, I juste gotta look the picture, it's fantastic!

[@RoboGenesYT]

Wow I feel so lucky to have this handheld device capable of recording and playing back a video. What a great sweep in technology ❤️

[@bernzeppi]

I remember those old AVR1 2” video recorders when I started in television. The heads were suspended on air bearings because mechanical bearings created bearings created too much time base errors. Also the capstan driving the tape had negative pressure to suck the tape onto the cylinder... then came the exciting time of rewinding the tape. Because the capstan was committed to driving the tape it would spin at many thousands of RPM, a break in the tape during rewind could be lethal so operators had to leave the room. You could hear the machine rewind many buildings away. They cost in the order of $250K back in the day. Now it’s so easy and cheap with fast digital electronics.... luxury!

[@LazerLord10]

I really enjoy how in-depth you went with all the analog stuff. I love those sorts of electronics.

[@rafaelgalvan110]

Amazing video, it was really interesting. On a side note, I would have liked the inclusion of the engineer Guillermo González Camarena and his contribution to the color tv

[@user-lc8yc4cq5n]

I hope you make more follow ups on this topic. The younger generation does not know the gargantuan efforts of the engineers in developing the current technology for image processing. Not to mention the strain it placed on the general populace. 1. The issues of keeping backward compatibility at each step (including black and white to color) 2. The format transitions (VHS vs Beta, CD, DVD, Blue Ray etc) 3. Aspect ratio change ( 3/4 to 9/16) This video is a great start. A great fan of you.

[@jzero4813]

Having touched on the Nipkow disc, this would make a great segue into spinning-disc confocal microscopy. It's basically the same technique being used today to create some of the most advanced real-time 3D biological microscopy images out there.

[@al-b]

It's awesome how you describe the history so succinctly yet comprehensively, and at the end you challenge us with a relevant question about how all of this technology influences us today. Great content, please keep making more!

[@dylankruse9269]

I'm a little surprised as to why you didn't talk about how modern-day TVs work or touch base on how plasma TVs work. It would be very interesting to learn that from you. Almost every video that you make, I understand and love it. Keep it up man.

[@lavacharam1346]

It's really a very informative and thanks a lot for this effort!

[@elijahmasquelier1238]

people are so damn smart and i'm so damn lucky to have been born in an era where we have all this stuff...because i'm sure as hell not smart enough to have come up with any of this crazy technology

[@ReptillianStrike]

Most people aren't. The crazy thing about humanity is that 95% of the population just makes sure that the species survives. The last 5% actually innovate new technology to share with their tribe. In our case, our tribe being the planet.

[@sarthakverma1860]

@@ReptillianStrike seriusly 5 percent care that is 350 million...rather 0.1 percent.at max 7 million

[@ReptillianStrike]

@@sarthakverma1860 I was pulling numbers out of my ass to prove a point. I wasn't considering the population of the planet when I said 5%

[@thulyblu5486]

@@ReptillianStrike Well, the entire planet except North Korea #HermitKingdom ... (...and small uncontacted tribes people)

[@equaleyez]

Just wait for what's coming! You're glad now but you would have never known if you were born earlier. Same will be said in 50 years. If we're still here of course!

[@Inople901278]

Thoroughly unclickable, yet still enjoyable. Is the algorithm wrong? No. My enjoyment must be wrong.

[@abstract0407]

Yes it is still wrong -2019

[@Flobbled]

The Algorithm doesn't select for quality, informativity, etc., just click-through-rate. It does what it does. Is a plant wrong if it grows good looking but bad tasting fruits? What about the other way around?

[@delphini8055]

How video was invented while watching it on video? Taken for granite.

[@mikebarnes7441]

@@delphini8055 granted

[@Hallowed_Ground]

@@Flobbled that's actually not true. The algorithm accounts for a lot more than just click through rates, like watch time, likes vs dislikes and the amount, also whether those clicks come from a different website or not.

[@maxEmaxxy]

I've read into the history of television many times and watched many videos and this was the best explanation of how television works I've ever seen -subscribed , liked , and VERY appreciated 😊😊

[@n8spectacular]

Great video. I never thought I would shout out a sponsor in the comments, but B&H is no joke. Actually, shopping there is kind of an experience. Cool place with the best service out there.

[@RayMak]

We are so lucky to be living in this day and age

[@mxtchawinter]

i wonder why do i see you everywhere.

[@MazzMasserati]

Well... it's 2020 now and over a million have already succumbed to it. Luck runs out...

[@v05555]

WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@orazmyratrejepgeldiyev1478]

everyone thought like that

[@isacdafack5356]

Rat mak stop using this strategy to get subs id doesnt work anymore its just pathetic

[@PaulMeranda]

kick ASS dude, ive been thinking about this specific topic lately and am excited to give this a watch! thanks Derek!

[@Harlongbi2H]

Its so nostalgic to know all this history . Thank you for showing us all this documentary in such amazing way 👏👏👏👏

[@marbod1326]

4:28 best voicecrack so far! Keep up the hard work

[@Orangeflava]

Lol i replayed that moment 3 times

[@mrbfros454]

Wow, we are cruel and heinous beasts that can find pleasure in pointing out a such silly “imperfection” in such an impressive work of excellence. 😂

[@marvinglenn]

A technical correction for the graphic animation at 4:15: The coils are swapped. The coils driving the side to side sweep are actually the top and bottom coils, and the vertical sweep is from the side coils. The force imparted on the electrons is at a right angle to the magnetic field its travelling through. (Being also at a right angle to its velocity.)

[@YipYapYoup]

"I always wanted to know why film looked better than video." That's the first line of your description but the video doesn't explain that...

[@veritasium]

YipYapYoup yeah, it dances around the edges. If you look carefully when I insert the VHS tape into the VCR it says pt.1? So if there is a part 2 this will be a more central focus. The fundamental problem is data. But part of it is as addressed here, converting images into electrical signals is much more complicated than optically recording images on film.

[@sumaiyashahid2266]

What's a VCR and am I stupid

[@SlyPearTree]

@@sumaiyashahid2266 Video Cassette Recorder Stupid would have been not to ask the question and stay ignorant about this.

[@Senzorei]

@@sumaiyashahid2266 VCR is a video cassette recorder, people used to (and some probably still do) use them to record television broadcasts onto a video cassette, which contains a spool of magnetic tape, for later playback. Initially they were expensive (like any new technology) but became very prevalent in homes during the 1980s and '90s.

[@neehgurg2111]

Probably because digital video requires compression, while with film you can have the full picture with no loss for every frame.

[@yoonjeongsoo9378]

i've wondered this exact question too. Thanks for digging into it!

[@Electro-sportDe]

Always nice to see you man!!

[@3DIYshow]

Came here from the end screen of your How To Go Viral video! Love what you do man, and have for years! Keep up the good work

[@alessandrocwilliam]

same

[@itsrachelfish]

He's still going viral!!

[@HKCREATESUNIQUE]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXuZgZ1ofqx2frM

[@bersheck3076]

The phosphor colored dots are not pixels. Technology connections has a good explaination on why that is.

[@SreenikethanI]

Awww yeahhhh, Technology Connections

[@swedneck]

@@SreenikethanI IEEE!

[@Jaqen-HGhar]

technology connections is what it's all about, though I like to watch him at 1.5x speed.

[@buddyclem7328]

@@Jaqen-HGhar He sounds drunk at 0.75x, and really drunk at 0.5x!

[@Jaqen-HGhar]

@@buddyclem7328 true true lol

[@smallstudiodesign]

I’m seeing stuff way after the fact because I’m a fairly new subscriber ... seriously enjoying catching up with the awesome informative content. Mind blowing facts, history and other science/technology trivia.

[@Santhosh-qp1hq]

Video to video falling in love for your passion to learn in detail Like how I was trying to trace back what's Microprocessor/microcontroller, what was before that before that before that..... and all things related to it

[@LithiumThiefMusic]

Thank you Derek, as always your work is fantastic!

[@Jacob-nr9dn]

You're KZbin's best quality content maker. And I was wondering about this topic a week before and just forgot about searching about it. Thank you man.

[@toniodotcom]

Meanwhile a girl doing bikini try-on videos makes more views...

[@richieduque]

This was one of the most fascinating videos I’ve ever seen. I’ve loved to learn more about this topic.

[@bluesailormercury]

Please make a part 2! From that first video recorder to now. This was amazing!!!

[@donegal79]

why don't you check out kzbin.info/door/y0tKL1T7wFoYcxCe0xjN6Q who goes into more depth than yjis pop channel.

[@perhapsavailable]

Fun and interesting video altogether. Also, I loved how the ending made me think of the time when Fred bought a new bowlingball for Wilma as a christmas gift ;)

[@xluther]

great video and education. in my early years i learnt the older style of photo; plate glass negatives, ect.... and i recall the hard times in the new era. love the new tech, just wish more knew about the old ways.

[@KougaJ7]

I was always super curious how videos and photos are made. Still quite difficult to understand but really cool video!

[@wemela]

Well done! Well explained and highlighting the most important milestones and aspects while having to skip probably thousands of others. I think the essence was captured quite well, knowing that one could make hours of video about, er, the history of video.

[@hoodiedude4204]

Please continue this! This would be awsome if you talked about electron scanning as well!

[@Mystixor]

I don't know why it took until now for this to be recommended to me but I am so glad! Great video once again!

[@benjaminfroussos7466]

Love you since your first TV series I saw. Greets from Germany. Keep Up the fantastic work. ❤️

[@MysticPredator]

Watching the motion stabilizing stick on the camera in the mirror was pretty awesome Edit: Cool you actually came back at the end and mentioned it

[@SmashupPvper]

Loving these regular uploads 🤘♥️

[@K4R3N]

PERFECT! excellent walk down memory lane..I knew tv broadcast came somewhat from radio tech, and I heard of Kapkow (so?) discs but you covered it so well. Thank so much.

[@antoniegelderblom5195]

Thanks a million for getting a gimbal! Your older videos caused motion-sickness. Great work on explaining things that are usually taken for granted.

[@esjel9804]

Great video. I am an electrician and during one of my classes, on data systems, I asked my instructor about the television, I don't remember his exact response, but I know it wasn't satisfactory. So went down the rabbit trail. Anyway, its fascinating what transitors have done for the world of electronics. I would love to see you do a video on the history of video transmission. Especially because of the patent wars that ensued over it (the first actually was a man who had the idea as a boy).

[@psbbianforlife]

It's impossible to curve a bullet Tv: hold my electron gun

[@yhz2K]

well electron gun does not fire bullets XDD It actually fires beam of Electrons

[@rexsongodinho5623]

@@yhz2K Joke that's the

[@yhz2K]

@@rexsongodinho5623 Care to Explain ? brother

[@Misteribel]

Actually, every bullet that's shot is curved. It falls to the earth the same speed it would if you dropped the gun from your hand. Also, non symmetric bullets have a curved path, plus of course the curve due to coriolis. Still like the joke though :D

[@ClassyMoo]

@@Misteribel a bullet whose path falls toward earth is actually still straight! Geodesics :)

[@Chishannicon]

This is the closest I've ever come to understanding how video works. Thanks so much for your explanation!

[@systemwake]

Great video! When I was at College, one of my lecturers spend a lesson explaining how incredible the invention of videotape (and more importantly the spinning video head) was, and how we can thank this invention for so much of the technology and accomplishments we have made today. I remember so little but it may be worth a look at in a future episode.

[@CrucialMuzic]

By far one of the best videos on KZbin. Good question towards the end of the video :)

[@duality4y]

Checkout technology connections he did a whole series on this its brilliant

[@brreeaad]

He is absolutely amazing. I highly recommend anybody with even a slight fondness for CRTs, television, laserdisc or video tapes to check him out on youtube. He has really good videos on CDs as well, all with in-depth explanations. One of my favourite youtube channels.

[@sbs5130]

They are to some extent complimentary to each other. This veritasium video shows more hardware.

[@thomaswalters7117]

Link to said playlist: kzbin.info/www/bejne/omW4mI14qJyNfdE

[@Jake-bt7ig]

isn't one titled "these are not pixels"?

[@edgarwalk5637]

Great Channel, you took the words right out of my mouth!

[@flyingo]

I thought for sure you would have mentioned the fact that Bing Crosby was basically the funding source behind the first videotape 2” systems from Ampex in the 50s. My first encounter with videotape was with the 2” system which quickly became a 1” open reel system. We used to edit videotape with a razor blade, crossing our fingers everytime an edit ran across the head. Then, over the following decades we had Beta then VHS, and off to the races it went.

[@HellOnWheel]

I remember learning in my history of mass comm class in college how every episode of I Love Lucy you see was recorded by a film camera aimed at a TV. Also, one of the fathers of CRT, Vladimir Zworykin, became so disillusioned with how television changed society that when asked late in life what he felt was his greatest contribution to television, he said "the off-switch".

[@ExperimentIV]

i love lucy actually wasn’t telecine. i love lucy was recorded to film, one of the (if not the actual) first tv shows to follow the practice

[@RiteshKudalkar]

Fun Fact: The ‘p’ in ‘1080p’ in KZbin stands for Progressive Scanning and not Pixels

[@TheSefirosu200x]

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that there are actually people who might not know this. I mean, to me, it's obvious because there is also 1080i, which stands for interlaced, so process of elimination and all that.

[@RiteshKudalkar]

TheSefirosu200x None of my friends knew about it, until I told'em!

[@circuit10]

Because 1080i is interlaced

[@circuit10]

@@TheSefirosu200x Oh, you said that

[@Bob5mith]

480i = Standard Definition TV 480p = Extended Definition TV (DVD) 720p = High Definition TV 1080i = [not sure] HDTV 1080p = Full HDTV 1440p = Quad HDTV (4 x 720p) 2160p = 4K TV (4 x 1080p) 4320p = 8K TV (4 x 2160p)

[@dougaltolan3017]

5:23 "they get huge fast!" I'm going to steal that line.

[@pictobloxer5412]

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[@eyeball1080]

Your presentation and topics are awesome

[@iworkforwendys]

I swear the voice is different when he's displayed on a crtv over my phone. good editing. so many have no experience with older tech. still rings anytime you turn one on.

[@itsrachelfish]

Watching the electron gun scanning each line was mesmerizing. Never thought I'd get to see that. Thank you!

[@dandymcgee]

That high pitched sound at the beginning.. I *do not* miss that one bit. My ears graciously thank the inventor of the LCD.

[@PatrickKQ4HBD]

I know what you mean, but I can't hear it over my tinnitus anymore, which is nice.

[@halweilbrenner9926]

Really informative technical explained simply with great illustrations. Nice! Found your video on KZbin under "cameras" heading. Good job.

[@pollyandhecuba]

Cool video, I especially liked the early history you included covering scanning. As an Englishman married to a Scot I waited for the menion of John Logie Baird who actually built a mechanical disc scanning TV system for the BBC before WW2, but I waited in vain. That early but ultimately futile attempt deserves its own video, and I have no doubt there are a bunch of them here on KZbin. All the same I could not help but feel a little sad that you did not refer to the eccentric John Logie. If you're ever in Glasgow there's a working Baird setup in the Science Centre. Did it work? Yes. Did it work well? Of course not!

[@KrisVilliger]

Great video! Would have loved to see you do a collaboration with Technology Connections on this!

[@darkwoodmovies]

I always find it so interesting how creative old technology was. It blows my mind how CRTs work. The digital versions of everything seems trivial to understand for some reason.

[@danielxmiller]

Probably because digital versions work on the electron level, something we can't see or barely imagine. The older technology is much larger and it's easier for us to see the process actually happening.

[@manuelneumann]

So good. Literally one of my favourite topics ever

[@vivekjain9418]

amazing video and information dude.....you rocked it

[@firehog]

Technology connections will react at 4:35 since he already proved that CRT's don't have pixels! But great video anyway.

[@Tom44224]

He proved?? I'm pretty sure that was never disputed.

[@MrSonny6155]

I can already hear him screaming from across the world.

[@educatainment1799]

Color CRTs do have pixels in a certain sense. They have RGB phosphorus dots lined up in a grid of triads. But instead of a circuit that activates them it is a cathode ray.

[@grumbel45]

KZbin Channel "Technology Connections" has a bunch of videos that go into more details on the mechanical, early color TVs, shadow masks vs pixels, etc.

[@cristiannaccarato5255]

so informative. love it man!

[@MartijnFrazer]

Cool to learn the origin of the Emmys! Similarly here in The Netherlands they've have been awarding "the Silver Nipkow Disc" to the best TV shows and people since the 1960s and I had no idea a Nipkow Disc was an actual thing!

[@filthysock]

Even after hearing this (finally) explained, it is still so mindboggling. I can barely fathom that video transmission is possible.

[@chasesmith6756]

You were right, this non-clickable video is worth it

[@andif8]

I love your question/thought at the end…

[@KirbyEnthusiast]

Just discovered your channel, great informative video 👍👍

[@locouk]

Tim Hunkin did a series called The Secret Life of Machines way back in the 1980’s, he covered Fax machines, TV’s and videos in various episodes. I’d recommend watching them, they’re all on You Tube.