| Abstract: | Conclusions Color television is so new that there is little concrete information on the subject. However, it seems logical to doubt that
color will provide any general increased effectiveness to educational TV. In some areas, such as art and medicine, the impact
may be great; but for the greater proportion of educational subjects, it will not contribute a great deal.
In view of this, together with the present high cost of color TV, it would seem foolish for educational TV to delay development
because color television is coming. The transition to color can always be made after the piomeering is done, when costs have
gone down, when color receiver circulation is large enough to make color worth while, and when the numerous problems of color
programming and production have been solved.
What effect will color TV have upon educational TV programs? How expensive will color TV be for educational use? How will
educational TV stations use color TV? What competition will commercial color TV offer to educational black and white TV stations?
These questions are answered and an overview of the implications of color for educational TV is presented. E. G. Sherburne,
Jr., was formerly Television Coordinator at the U. S. Navy Special Devices Center, Port Washington, Long Island, New York. |
