Camera and telecine automatics

[old_tv_nut]

Originally Posted by cbenham

WPIX invented their own auto white-auto black all-electronic unit that worked in addition to the neutral density wheel system by RCA. They showed this device at SMPTE in NYC in 1990, by playing a video tape of a telecined film through it. It did a very nice job of smoothing out the very dark to very bright transitions as well as riding the black levels to prevent detail loss. I remember they even had a name for the device, the PIX-Monitor.
Cliff

If this also did some auto color balancing, it would describe what I remember seeing on WGN.