"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

In those days, colour TVs left the factory only approximately right - the
final adjustment was done in the home.

Only if it was necessary to reconverge. Delivered consumer product
colour rendering was factory set. Studio monitors were locally set to
allow for special lighting conditions.



Hence the move to computerised colour matching.

And of course it's cheaper.

Initially it was more expensive, but the Japanese led the way in
producing non adjustment necessary sets and to compete on price, the US
and Europe had to develop the ICs which allowed the reduction of the
labour content.

Today, as we know, it is uneconomic to produce almost any high volume
hardware consumer item in the EU other than in the low labour cost
member states. (Where is all this new coloured wire coming from?)

Hence the creeping decline in UK manufacturing employment (down by 300K
I believe) and the decrease in the income tax take as many of these jobs
were relatively higher paid than working in fast food.

I guess one of the next stages will be further outsourcing of TV
program production etc to Eastern Europe or the far East!


Regards
Capitol