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a comparison of the Marconi-EMI and Baird Intermediate film systems and although with 240 lines the latter was inferior in received definition, after landing the film from the Marcel Bloch plane was an advantage because there was still no method of recording the electronic system other than filming the material directly from a studio monitor (the telecine [UK] or kinescope [US] process).

Film continued to be used for time-shifting and as a long-term storage until electronic recording systems were invented.