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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
What's hard to believe is that sometimes that actually worked.
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One of the local TV stations here in Los Angeles was one of the original pioneering TV broadcasters and celebrated its anniversary a few years back with a special documenting their history and achievements. One of the stories they told was this: the station was apparently either the first, or one of the very first, to televise a live sporting event. Aside from the immense TV cameras, they had a very large truck packed with all sorts of gear; along with the gear, a highly skilled technician from the equipment manufacturer was present to deal with any equipment problems. At one point during the broadcast, a monitor in the truck suddenly went amok and the picture turned into a wildly changing set of patterns; panic ensued except for the factory technician who had fallen asleep earlier and was pretty much out cold. The station employees roused the technician who cleared his eyes, got up from his chair, walked over to the monitor, studied it for a few seconds and intoned: "This can be fixed with the RCA Technique". The station employees crowded around the technician and the monitor, eager to learn this mysterious "RCA Technique". The technician studied the monitor for a few more seconds, then reared back his arm and slapped the monitor with his hand; the picture cleared...
The "RCA Technique"...
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