Recent Posts tagged with Albert Robida

Where Did The Newscast Come From?

By Michael Silbergleid | Wednesday, October 7, 2015 - 1:23 pm

  Where Did The Newscast Come From? SMPTE DC Bits-by-the-Bay, Chesapeake Beach Resort May 20, 2015 Direct Link (16 MB / TRT 8:14): Where Did The Newscast Come From? Embedded:  More

Where Are We Going, & How Did We Get Here (The Past) by Mark Schubin

By Michael Silbergleid | Monday, June 1, 2015 - 1:04 am

Recorded during “An Evening with Mark Schubin” at the SMPTE New England Section, Dedham Holiday Inn on May 14, 2015. Learn the extraordinary history of the technology of motion pictures […]  More

HPA 2014 – Is Nothing New? [video]

By Michael Silbergleid | Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - 7:30 am

  Mark Schubin’s Is Nothing New? presentation from the HPA Tech Retreat, presented on February 21, 2014 (audio recorded later). Video (TRT 31:26) HPA 2014 – Is Nothing New (1276×720, mp4, […]  More

Getting the Big Picture

By Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe | Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 4:55 pm

  When did theatrical television begin? Would you believe 1877? On March 29 of that year, someone using the pen name “Electrician” described a device called an “electroscope,” some sort […]  More

What It Was Was Television

By Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe | Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 2:58 pm

  Did Thomas Edison predict television? According to some histories, the answer is yes, and the evidence is the image below, published on December 9, 1878 and captioned “Edison’s Telephonoscope […]  More

Television in 1882

By Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 11:29 am

For a long time, I’ve been familiar with the illustrations of the French artist and writer Albert Robida because of his “predictions” of television as early as 1882.  But, until […]  More