Chapter 619 Television
Unlike the various advanced technology televisions of later generations, the so-called television theory of this era is actually relatively simple and easy to implement.
As early as the birth of radio waves and radios, the research on televisions in Australasia had already begun, and even achieved considerable results.
Of course, the televisions of this era were not called televisions. Theoretically, the world's first television was called the Magic Box at the time.
Because this black box, which looks huge but inconspicuous, can clearly show the image of a ventriloquist.
Although judging from the eyes of later generations, this so-called image is very blurry and has a lot of noise.
But if you look at it from the perspective of that time, it is simply a masterpiece of God. It does not require the high cost of movies to keep a person's image, and it can be played and watched anytime and anywhere. This is the most magical and attractive thing.
It's a pity that the world's first television invented by Baird was destined to not go far on the road of television because it adopted a mechanical principle.
Arthur also understood this, so the TV development in Australasia started with the electronic road, specializing in electronic TV.
"Mr. Baird, is this the TV you invented?" In a laboratory of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Arthur looked at Baird, who had joined the Royal Academy of Sciences of Australasia, with a little curiosity, and asked his own question.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Baird nodded with a little pride, and introduced to Arthur: "Your Majesty, please look, according to your request, we have developed an electronic movie player and named it a TV.
What you see is the screen of the TV. We will play a movie later, and you can see it on this screen."
"Wireless playback?" There is only an antenna on the top of the TV, and there is no other way to connect to the outside world. This also makes Arthur curious.
"Yes, Your Majesty. The TV we developed has achieved wireless playback. As long as you can receive radio waves from the TV transmitter, you can watch the transmitted programs on TV." Baird nodded and said.
The movie used to test the performance of the TV was still the famous Australasian Dream. Arthur was familiar with this movie, but it was the first time he saw it on such a TV, so he was a little curious.
Arthur also knew about the history of the birth of television, and knew that the screen of the world's first TV was only the size of a stamp.
But now, the screen of the TV in front of him has exceeded Arthur's expectations, and it looks at least as big as four apples.
Seeing Arthur put his eyes on the TV screen, Baird smiled and explained: "Your Majesty, this is the result of my and Bilt's research. We use cathode vacuum tubes to display images with electrons, which is more advanced than the mechanical TVs developed before, and the screen can naturally become larger."
Speaking of which, Baird and Bilt are both leaders in the development of televisions. The research fields of these two people are mechanical TVs and electronic TVs, respectively, and they are both well-known figures in the history of televisions.
Arthur is also fortunate enough that Australasia has the Victoria Award, which is named after Queen Victoria and is currently the world's most famous scientific research award.
The Victoria Prize has been around for more than 20 years, and more than a hundred people have won it, all of whom are well-known in their respective professions.
Any of these people are famous scientists and experts in history, and most of them have been lured to Australasia.
What kind of exaggerated concept is this? To put it bluntly, no one would refuse a king's solicitation, especially a king with a lot of money.
It is precisely because of these experts who have already been famous in history that the scientific research field in Australasia has progressed so smoothly.
Arthur only recently learned about the current development of the Victoria Prize. Although he had expected it, he was still a little surprised.
Because Arthur spent a lot of money and crazy publicity, the current Victoria Prize is definitely the most tempting award in the eyes of these scientific researchers.
Even if it is just an unknown person, after winning any Victoria Prize, he can become a world-famous expert.
In the past 20 years, other countries have also created awards to compete with the Victoria Prize, but they all lost to the arrogance of the Victoria Prize and the popularity of Queen Victoria.
The six Victoria Awards remain the same. There are no changes to the Literature Award, Physics Award, Chemistry Award, Mathematics Award and Technology Award, but the Medicine Award has been modified to become the Medicine or Biology Award.
It can be said that any scientist who wins the Victoria Award will immediately become a hot commodity for all countries to scramble for.
However, Australasia has always been very competitive. Any expert who wins the Victoria Award, as long as he is willing to join Australasia, will immediately receive a house, a car, the title of honorary professor of any university in Australasia, a third-level academician position of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Australasia, and a free research fund of 200,000 Australian dollars.
Any of these awards is worth a lot of money. Except for cars and houses, which are the cheapest, the remaining titles and positions are actually not much different from 200,000 Australian dollars.
It's OK to be an honorary professor of a university. Many researchers can get such a title if they have made outstanding contributions.
But the third-level academician of the Royal Academy of Sciences is already the pinnacle of the academician level of the Academy of Sciences. His level is equivalent to that of the mayor of a city, and he is already a high-level figure in Australasia.
If he goes up one step and becomes an honorary vice president, his level is directly equivalent to that of the governor. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the top figure in Australasia.
This is also the hierarchy of the Royal Academy of Sciences specially formulated by Arthur, in order to reward the researchers of the Royal Academy of Sciences and give them sufficient motivation in scientific research.
You know, as long as you enter the Royal Academy of Sciences, you are an expert of the Royal Academy of Sciences, enjoying a salary level and welfare policy that ordinary people can't reach at all.
The academicians, vice presidents and presidents who go up are even higher than ordinary people can reach in their lifetime. This is also the easiest way to improve the salary level and welfare of researchers.
At present, the Royal Academy of Sciences has more than 800 scientific researchers, 179 experts, 322 first-level academicians, 184 second-level academicians, 112 third-level academicians, 14 honorary vice presidents, 5 vice presidents, 1 honorary president, and 1 president.
These 800 people spend up to 20 million Australian dollars on research and development every year, with an average of 50,000 Australian dollars per person per year.
Of course, in reality, everyone's research and development funds are definitely not that much. Because some large research and development projects consume the bulk of the research funds, but this does not prevent the experts of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Australia from having one of the largest research and development funds in the world.
Especially for some major projects, Arthur has no requirements for the funds for these projects. As long as it is a normal expense, additional funding applications will not be rejected.
It is precisely with Arthur's heavy support that the Royal Academy of Sciences' various research is relatively smooth, and technological breakthroughs in all aspects are constantly underway.
The movie "Australasian" is nearly two hours long. Arthur watched it for more than an hour, and the radio connection was relatively stable.
Of course, this is largely due to the fact that there is a radio transmitter in the palace, otherwise it would not be so stable.
"Mr. Baird, how much does such a TV cost?" After watching the movie, Arthur couldn't wait to look at Baird.
"Your Majesty, the cost of the TV you are seeing is as high as 155 Australian dollars. At present, we have no way to reduce its cost. The cost price of mass production can only be reduced to about 140 Australian dollars at most." The cost of TV is the biggest problem of TVs at present, and Baird can only tell the truth.
"140 Australian dollars?" Arthur frowned, and the joy of the birth of the TV also disappeared by half: "This is more than the income of ordinary people for two years, that is to say, it is impossible for TVs to be popularized in the hands of more people now."
Televisions are different from radios. There is a huge difference in size between the two. The simple structure of the radio makes the cost of the radio very low, which is something that current TVs cannot do at all.
Of course, the purposes of the two are completely different. All the radio has to do is to receive wireless broadcast signals and then play the sound.
But the TV needs to receive radio waves and then play them in the form of pictures. This requirement is many times more difficult, and the high cost of TV is reasonable.
But unfortunately, ordinary people can't afford such expensive TVs.
The purpose of TV is just for entertainment, but it is not worthwhile to spend more than two years of a person's income, or even three or four years of savings, for entertainment.
"Can every TV play so stably?" Arthur asked again.
The stability of signal reception is related to people's impression and goodwill of TV. Just like no one wants to watch a movie while the screen keeps spinning, this kind of disappointment is enough to make people give up entertainment.
"If the radio wave signal is stable, it can be done in theory, Your Majesty." Baird didn't dare to guarantee it, and could only put forward an ambiguous concept, that is, in theory.
Rubbing his brows, Arthur understood the current situation of TV. Although it is a more convenient way to watch movies, it is obviously only affordable for the rich, and it also requires a guaranteed radio signal, which also means that the audience of the TV has nothing to do with ordinary people.
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