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The First Mechanical TV
Paul Gottlieb Nipkow is often accredited with inventing the first patented TV. He didn't call his invention a TV, but that is what it was. This TV was not electronic, though, so it was a slow and low-quality process. The TV has to mechanically scan images, then worked to show those images on a screen. This, then, only got 18 lines of resolution -
First Moving Images
John Baird, in February, invented and demonstrated the first moving images on Mechanical TV. He was able to create moving silhouettes transmitted through television. Later in his life, he was accredited to have made one of the first colored picture applications for TV. -
The First Electronic TV
Although there were many inventors across the globe at the time working effortlessly to build and patent the first electronic TV, Philo Taylor Farnsworth was accredited with this title. He was the first inventor to patent a TV completely void of mechanical parts. It worked using a beam of electrons to capture moving images. -
The First Mechanical TV Station
W3XK was created by Charles Francis Jenkins. It was one of the first TV stations, and was the first mechanical TV station. It was the first TV station to air in the US, and the first to air to the public. It first aired in the summer of 1928, but has since ceased to broadcast TV. -
First Commercial TV
In America, the first commercially made TV sets were released. They were Mechanical TVs, and their images were poor and small. Their images were only orange and yellow, and the size of the image was smaller than a guy's hand. -
First Electronic TV In the Market
The first electronic TV is marketed to the public. The first set is called "the 1938 DuMont Model 180". TVs were popular, and everyone was fascinated with them, even those who could not afford them. The first set was $125. -
The First Commercial
The first commercial on TV came 13 years after the first TV went on the market. It was only 10 minutes long, and it was for Bulova. -
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Colorized Television Wars
In 1946, the want and idea for colorized TV was realized. Two companies, CBS and RCA, were the giants trying to win. CBS started being the first of the two to make a colorized set, but it was a mechanical TV and not compatible with black and white sets. The RCA continued their efforts to create a colorized set, and in 1953, their version of a colorized system was deemed better. By 1954, their color systems were popular and sold across America. -
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The TV Becomes a News Source
During the '60s, many people looked to TVs for the news. In 1960, JFK and Richard Nixon's presidential debates were televised, and in 1962, the Telstar I satellite was placed into orbit. In 1963, a study showed that more people looked to TVs for news than newspapers. To round off the decade, millions of people across the country to sit in front of a TV to watch Neil Armstrong land on the moon. -
Color TV Becomes the Norm
Starting in 1966, colored programs started airing across America, further boosting colored TV sales. -
Introduction to Digital TVs
The Japanese company NHK's digital television was one of the first HD TV's on the market, and in the next decade, made their way onto the American market and became the staple TV of the decade. -
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Flatscreen TVs and HDTVs
In 2005, flatscreen HDTVs are introduced to the public for the first time, and become affordable to the general public by 2006. -
3D TVs
3D TVs are introduced to the market, though, it face the same problems colorized TV once did. It's a small, niche market that's too expensive for a large portion of people, and not enough companies want to specialize their shows and movies for these TVs.
