CED Part Three

Fascinating stuff, loved this instalment of the trilogy in four parts ;)

Jules Curran

One of your best efforts yet! Painstakingly researched, beautifully written, and compellingly presented. It's interesting to note that while Sarnoff was in charge of RCA, he relentlessly harassed inventors of technology outside of RCA if it posed any threat to the company. He tied up Philo T. Farnsworth in court for years until his early patents expired because they overlapped RCA's Vladimir Zworykin work on a similar television system. He also harassed Edwin Armstrong over his invention of FM radio whose superior sound quality would have rendered RCA's AM receivers more or less obsolete (although it's interesting that Sarnoff had no problem with FM being used for television sound). I can't wait for part 4!

Craig Brickey

Thanks that was fascinating. I'm now ready for parts 5 through 9 that recount all the little corporate fights you had to cut out here :) Or maybe it's because I can recognize the typical pattern of any major company out there. They all end up having the same issues, even when they claim to be different. Sometimes I wonder why...

Raphaël

I love history like this

I appreciate a good story (and I can always close my eyes for a bit while listening ;)

Erik van Roode

I noticed this too, almost immediately as soon as the video started I thought the audio sounded a bit "tinny", almost as if the microphone is a bit too far away or something.

Very informative video. Is it just me or does the sound appear to be very slightly thin sounding/lacking some low end? I'm not saying it's bad but just comparing to your previous videos. Keep up the good work :-)

Neil Docherty

Great video. Lots of nice detail. You can never have too much detail 😊

Simon Mikkelsen

Informative and entertaining... ...would be the bland way of describing your videos. Another way would be, f'ken brilliant!

Wim

This was definitely a fascinating tale. Having recently re-watched the PBS documentary, "Empire of the Air" (which I highly recommend) it was interesting to hear more about David Sarnoff's rise to power--a man whose memo writing style, strangely enough, is eerily similar to yours.

Mark Hesse

Same with that Teletext interlude. Those tidbits of comedy really help to engage with the story.

Great stuff! You can make history documentaries soooo much better than I can!

Big Car

I laughed out loud when you cut to thanking your patrons the first time. Wonderful!

TBH your reactions to stupid reveals (RCA reusing the Selectavision name, for example) are half the reason I watch. That and the stupid memes (tmnt_wiki, random toast).

Mitch SuperKnot

The history of RCA is indeed fascinating. I have also ordered a copy of the book mentioned at the end of the video. I am already eagerly anticipating part 4 of this video series.

I really enjoyed hearing about the history of RCA and thanks for the book recommendation. I just ordered a copy from Amazon.

Brett Walton