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General Discussion / Re: Apollo 11 video feed delay?
« Last post by jfb on April 12, 2024, 06:55:54 PM »Here's a pretty authoritative document describing the conversion process.
Short version: the signal from the Moon was displayed to a slow-scan, high-persistence-phosphor monitor. A second TV camera photographed the image on the screen, that signal was doubled with a delay to emulate a 525-line NTSC frame, repeat 3 times per frame.
I have no clue were he gets the "3 hours" from.
Short version: the signal from the Moon was displayed to a slow-scan, high-persistence-phosphor monitor. A second TV camera photographed the image on the screen, that signal was doubled with a delay to emulate a 525-line NTSC frame, repeat 3 times per frame.
I have no clue were he gets the "3 hours" from.