“Gentlemen, you have now invented the biggest time-waster of all time. Use it well.”

Baird versus the BBC

“Gentlemen, you have now invented the biggest time-waster of all time. Use it well.” –

Isaac Shoenberg, head of the Marconi-EMI TV development team

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My reason for litfing this quote is in relation to my dissertation studies, in particular looking at how the cinematic experience (i.e. paying for the big screen, attention to detail) is almost ruined via television and digital TV, also other mass distriubtion and accesible methods add to this cause such as the internet and sites like peekvid or even youtube.