"AndyW" wrote in message
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On 25/02/2014 16:00, gareth wrote:

BUT, didn't Logie Baird (not to be confused with Yogi Bear :-) )
do some experimentation with colour TV on the mechanical approach
anyway?

He did indeed produce colour TV, and the video recorder and, of course,
thermal socks.

That Baird was living and working in a largely pre-techincal age, puts to
shame
all those grown-ups of today who exist with beginners' licences; especially
where those
licences are targetted at the 5-year-old.