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Quote by John Logie Baird

The problem of television is solved. What remains to be done is entirely a matter of technical and commercial development.

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The speaker draws a sharp line between inventing or proving television and making it practical. “The problem” is treated as solved; what remains is improving the technology and developing its commercial use. In other words, the main idea is settled, while the work of refining, producing, and selling it is described as technical and business development.

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Baird Television — transcription of Baird’s 1931 WMCA/WPCH radio talk
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