Chyron's first telestrator, a precursor to the company’s present-day Paint telestration and analysis tool, also appeared in 1979. The Chyron IV was first shipped in 1977 and was updated to the 4100 in 1979. The new company made its initial public offering that year under the name Chyron Telesystems, and later changed its name to Chyron Corporation. The Chiron III was introduced in 1973, following the merger of Systems Resource Corporation with Computer Exchange. The Chiron II, designed specifically for television applications, first appeared in March 1971 and shipped to KYW-TV for a computer graphics project that featured up to six loadable fonts (typefaces) with very high video resolution for the time. It was also used on a few early Chiron IIs, but due to increased storage requirements was replaced by Shugart SA901 8" floppy drives as soon as they were available. On the Chiron I, the device was used solely for title storage. Prior to the availability of 8-inch floppy disk drives for OEM applications, the company built its own multi-track magnetic storage device, the VidiLoop, based on a two-foot loop of computer tape in a thick, clear plastic housing. The system began to be adopted by television stations, which used its capabilities to record and retrieve lower thirds and full-page text displays for news departments as an alternative to art cards, slides, or scrolling black felt. Dick dot-matrix display system that was first sold to LaGuardia Airport in New York City. Chyron’s first character generator was the Chiron I, a message storage front-end for an A.B. At this time, the company entered the electronic text field with a product for airport flight schedule displays. The company was originally incorporated as Systems Resource Corporation, a spin-off from computer company Digitronics, in early 1970. History Early Chyron history Ĭhyron was an early-stage developer of electronic paint telestrator and character generator systems. 1.5 Acquisitions of VidiGo and Newsroom Solutions.
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