-=> Quoting Mike Ross to Joe Nicholson <=-

 MR> IIRC they even brought back the rotating disk idea when the
 MR> first colour image experiments were first tried. Reminded me
 MR> of those crazy Christmas light things with a three colour film
 MR> rotating disk in front of a flood lamp.

 The FCC wanted a color system compatible with the existing
 B&W system, i.e., B&W sets receive color programs and color
 sets receive B&W programs.

 CBS proposed the rotating disk idea - not compatible.
 RCA developed/proposed the NTSC system - compatible.

 FCC selects NTSC.

 Americans happy because they won't have to buy 2 TV sets.

 (Neither the French SECAM system nor the German PAL system
 were compatible - both had greater bandwidth and many more
 scanning lines.  The Commie blok nations went with SECAM,
 Free Europe selected PAL.)

 CBS gets mad, stomps its feet, goes to court.

 All federal courts rule in favor of FCC/RCA/NTSC.

 Average viewer soon realizes NTSC meant "Never Twice
 Same Color", as green football/baseball turf changed
 color as sun drifted across and cast shadows.  Actors
 couldn't wear white because it "bloomed" on the screen.
 (New camera tubes and improvements in studio lighting
 eliminated that after a few years.)

 CBS sulks away and refuses to broadcast color for many years.
 CBS Nielson ratings go down, down, down, down, way down.
 CBS losing many, many dollars from lack of commercials.

 CBS finally eats crow and starts color programming.

 Sidebar:  I was in an electronics curriculum 1955-57
 (obtained my 1st phone at that time while working in
 the campus FM station), and wrote an English term paper
 about all of the logistics/legal issues of the CBS-RCA
 battle.  Got an A on that paper.

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