Talk:EMI 2001

Re. the Thomson marketed version: The brochure produced by the company indicated that the camera had what they called "Vidicon à oxyde de plomb" - French for the term "lead oxide vidicon" which was technically what the Plumbicon tubes were, and an early description of same (given Philips' trademark of the Plumbicon name). Thus the Thomson-marketed 2001's did not use Vidicons at all. –Wbwn (talk) 04:17, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Is it truly fair to call it a "very successful" camera? It was an outdated design when it was new, which is one of the reasons why it almost completely failed to sell outside the UK, and even within the UK it was only the BBC's patronage that really made it viable. 91.73.102.49 (talk) 19:56, 17 August 2011 (UTC)


 * The BBC is the largest broadcasting organisation in the world, so I guess the camera's use by them alone makes it 'successful'. Presumably if the camera hadn't been very good they would have dumped them pretty fast and replaced them with something 'better'. As it was, they used them up until 1991. Not a bad record considering the design came out in 1966. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.4.57.101 (talk) 08:37, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

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Could someone explain the "4-way prism"?
I was puzzled by the 4th channel, in a 3-colour system. Seems there's a higher-resolution monochrome tube, and three lesser ones for colour. http://www.pebblemill.org/blog/emi-2001-keith-brook/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.137.93.171 (talk) 23:58, 28 May 2018 (UTC)

Popular Depictions
The EMI 2001 is an iconic camera. Could it be worth including a section on ‘popular depiction’? The 1976 film ‘Network’ (starring Robert Duvall, Faye Dunaway etc) shows the 2001 being used in a few scenes. NorthYorksChris (talk) 22:20, 30 September 2023 (UTC)