Television systems before 1940

France

• France 1930 : 30 lines, 12.5 frame/s
• France 1932 : 60 lines, 12.5 frame/s, 3:7 vertical aspect ratio, vertical scanning ~35x60 pixels per frame, sound, live images
• France 1935-1936 : 180 lines
• France 1937-1939 : 455 lines
• France 1943-1956 : 441 lines

  Germany

• Doberitz 1932 : 48 lines, 25 frame/s, 4:3 horizontal aspect ratio, ~64x48 pixels per frame, sound, talking movies
• Berlin R.P.Z. 1932 : 60 lines, 25 frame/s, 4:3 horizontal aspect ratio, ~83x60 pixels per frame, test movies and live images
• Germany 1932: 90 lines
• Germany 1935: 180 lines
• Germany 1936: 375 lines
• Germany 1937: 441 lines, 25 frame/s, line frequency 11,025 Hz. Vision 46.0 MHz Sound 43.2 MHz.
• Germany 1940: 1,000 lines signal projection, no glass screen but projection screen

  Netherlands

• Netherlands 1930s: 441 lines, 25 frame/s, line frequency 11,025 Hz
• Late 1940s: 567 lines

  Poland

• Warsaw 1937 : 120 lines, test movies and live images from a studio
• Electronic TV was under development and was publicly demonstrated during the Radio Exhibition in Warsaw in August 1939, regular operations planned to start at the beginning of 1940, work stopped because of the outbreak of World War II.

  Switzerland

• Switzerland 1932 : 30 lines, 16.6 frame/s, 4:3 horizontal aspect ratio, ~40x30 pixels per frame, test movies and live images

  Italy

• Italy 1932 : 60 lines, 20 frame/s, 4:3 horizontal aspect ratio, ~45x60 pixels per frame, test movies and live images
• Italy 1937 : 375 lines, 25 frame/s, 4:3 horizontal aspect ratio, daily from Rome, between 6pm and 9.30pm on 6.9 meters with a power of 2 kW
• Italy 1939 : 441 lines, 25 frame/s, 4:3 horizontal aspect ratio, regular service from Rome and Milan. 2 kW transmission power on VHF 45 MHz

  UK

Mechanical

• England 1926 : 30 lines, 5 frame/s, black-and-white experimental transmissions
• England 1928 : 30 lines, 5 frame/s, first experimental color TV transmissions
• London 1932 : 30 lines, 12.5 frame/s, 3:7 vertical aspect ratio, vertical scanning, ~70x30 pixels per frame, sound, live TV from studio
• England 1936 : 240 lines, 25 frame/s, line frequency 6000 Hz, used from November 1936 to February 1937

  Electronic

• UK : 405 lines / 50 Hz. Used by the BBC Alexandra Palace television station initially from November 1936 to 1939 and then 1946 to 1985.
• * The EMI 405 lines system was the first to have an ITU System Letter Designation, and is known as System A. As the EMI system predates PAL, there is no PAL designator in the ITU television system table.

  USSR

• 1932 : 30 lines, 12.5 frame/s, 4:3 horizontal aspect ratio, ~40x30 pixels per frame, test movies and live images
• Leningrad, 1935 : 180 lines, 25 frame/s with progressive scanning
• Leningrad, 1937 : 240 lines, 25 frame/s with progressive scanning
• Moscow, 1938 : 343 lines, 25 frame/s, 4:3 horizontal aspect ratio

  North America

• USA 1933: 240 lines
• USA 1936: 343 lines; limited public demonstrations in New York City and Philadelphia. Field tests in Los Angeles used various line systems, but adopted RCA's 441 lines system by 1938.
• USA 1938-9: First TV receivers sold on a very limited basis, mostly in New York. Manufacturers included RCA, General Electric, DuMont, and Andrea.
• USA 1937-1941: 441 lines @ 30 f.p.s. and 605 lines.

  Individual television stations

• WRGB
• WNBC-TV
• WCBS-TV
• KCBS-TV
• BBC/BBC Television
• Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow

  Broadcast television systems

• Television systems before 1940
• NTSC
• PAL
• SECAM

  Related topics in television systems

• Mechanical television
• 180-line television system
• 405 lines
• 441 lines
• 819 lines
• NBTV
• Display resolution