Action replays

In 1960, We are so used to endless replays from a multitude of angles that it seems remarkable that until the early 1960s TV viewers were pretty much on the same boat as spectators at the ground - turn your back, and you miss it. Action-replay machines made their first appearances in the 60s, relying on a system of rewinding the recorded programme and then showing what happened. Replays were restricted to major incidents and were no more than slowed-down versions of the one image already seen, but the technology allowed viewers to blink and still not miss a wicket. Now you can barely see the live game for all the replays.