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Evolution of The Television

By ctay3433

  • The Radio

    The Radio
    The idea of the radio was first developed by Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi in the 1890's. In 1895, Marconi sent the first wireless morse code message to a source over a kilometer away.

  • Radio progression

    Radio progression
    By 1914, Reginald Fessenden, a Canadian inventor, worked with general electric to build alternators that could sustain a consistent broadcast wave that's powerful enough to transmit voices and music over thousands of miles.

  • First Television Patent

    First Television Patent
    In 1923 Russian engineer, Vladimir Zworykin, applied for his first television patent, which he called the Iconoscope. This device could transmit images using cathode ray tubes.

  • First True Television Demonstration

    First True Television Demonstration
    John Baird, a Scottish engineer gave the first demonstration of true television to 50 scientists in central London.

  • First Television Transmission

    First Television Transmission
    Baird's new company, the Baird Television Development Company achieved its first television transmission between London and New York. Baird also was the first to have a television transmission sent to a ship in mid-Atlantic.

  • First Television Commercial

    First Television Commercial
    In 1930 the first television commercial was broadcasted by Charles Jenkins

  • All Electric Television System

    All Electric Television System
    The all electronic television system was introduced at the 1939 world's fair.

  • First Color Television

    First Color Television
    Peter Goldmark demonstrated his color television to the FCC in 1946. His system produced color pictures by having a red-blue-green wheel spin in front of a cathode ray tube.

  • TV On the Moon

    TV On the Moon
    In in 1969 600 million people watched the first Tv transmission made from the moon.

  • First Flat Screen TV

    First Flat Screen TV
    In 1964 the first flat screen tv was invented by a team at the University of illinois, this tv was only a few inches in size.

  • Bigger Screens

    Bigger Screens
    The Sony and Sharp corporations agreed on a joint venture to produce larger flat screen tvs. In 1997 the first 42 inch flat screen tv was introduced.

  • The Bigger The Better

    The Bigger The Better
    TVs as large ast 103 inches were produced

  • Movie Theater in Your Living Room

    Movie Theater in Your Living Room
    Sony created 3D TVs so that families can have a movie theater in their living room.

  • Curved Television

    Curved Television
    In 2013 curved TVs were released into the world. Both Samsung and Sony claim to be responsible for the world's first OLED curved TV.

  • Modern Day

    Modern Day
    Today, smart TVs of all shapes and sizes are available, with 4k resolution, the television is the perfect distraction from everyday life.