Televisions

A brief history of the Television

By racheljackson2013

  • Stroboscopic Disc

    Stroboscopic Disc
    A series of photographs can be viewed by stroboscopic disc in 1872. This is the first start on the invention of the TV.
  • Period: to

    Birth of the Television

  • Thomas Edison

    Thomas Edison
    Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera. A year later he tried to record pictures photos onto a wax cylinder.

  • Cathode Ray Tube

    Cathode Ray Tube
    The Cathode ray tube was used to produce television images by Ferdinand Braun.

  • First Broadcast

    First Broadcast
    The first television broadcast in London.

  • Cable Television

    Cable Television
    The first cable television became available.

  • Colour Television

    Colour Television
    First mechanical colour television set placed on Market, it cost around 500 dollars.

  • Plasma TV

    Plasma TV
    The first plasma TV was introduced to the market.

  • DVD

    DVD
    DVDs were created.

  • HDTV

    HDTV
    The first HDTV broadcast in the United States.