• By Mark Wilson
    Mar 2, 2009 9:00 AM 6,691
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    Color TV Would Not Exist Without the Test Pattern Pillow

    We hear that before the days of modern camera calibration, broadcasters fine-tuned their pictures with giant patterned pillows. They only cost about $40 then, and they still cost about $40 now. [funktionalley via bbGadgets]


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