The transatlantic
information network that Edison had successfully exploited
in the past now got the better him. Edison did, fact, successfully develop a
projector, but his top priority was the synchronization of
sound and image.VII-19
The kinetophone had only limited commercial success and few
were made. Many writers the history motion
pictures portray him uninterested this technology and
slow develop projector that really didn't think had a
commercial future.
Meanwhile, several other inventors, many whom were in
Europe, were concentrating another aspect motion picture
technology— the projection images. The kinetoscope had
stimulated interest motion pictures and Edison's failure to
obtain foreign patents for his motion picture inventions gave
European inventors clear field advance the technology. His goals were much
more ambitious than the comparatively easy technical task of
projecting images, and his laboratory continued chase the
elusive goal joining sight with sound.
Edison has been criticised for neglecting the development
of film projection. This was much harder technological problem
than projection, and one which was committed from the
first days research the kinetoscope. Work combined
. was soon eclipsed new technology the
motion picture business. The
most revolutionary innovation came from the Lumiere brothers in
Lyons, France; their Cinematographe was portable and could
be used camera and projector
