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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. -
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. -
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. -
John Baird, a Scottish engineer gave the first demonstration of true television to 50 scientists in central London. -
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. -
In 1930 the first television commercial was broadcasted by Charles Jenkins -
The all electronic television system was introduced at the 1939 world's fair. -
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. -
In in 1969 600 million people watched the first Tv transmission made from the moon. -
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. -
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. -
TVs as large ast 103 inches were produced -
Sony created 3D TVs so that families can have a movie theater in their living room. -
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. -
Today, smart TVs of all shapes and sizes are available, with 4k resolution, the television is the perfect distraction from everyday life.