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Walter BruchDied 5 May 1990 at age 82 (born 2 Mar 1908).German electrical engineer who invented the Phase Alternating Line (PAL) colour television system adopted in Europe. On a trip to America in 1953, he found inadequacies in the system as first developed there (NTSC, National Television Standards Committee). He returned to German employer, Telefunken, and researcheda way to improve colour stability without need for tint and hue controls. By 1961, a preliminary patent was filed, but was superceded on 30 Dec 1962 with a definitive version of the PAL system. There followed a struggle for to be recognized as the best coding method. Britain selected PAL as superior to NTSC and introduced it on 1 Jul 1967. Germany followed on 25 Aug 1967. Eventually most of the world, too.« |
