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William Crooks studied cathode-rays which were later used in the development of the television. He demonstrated that cathode rays travel in straight lines, produce phosphorescence, and heat when they strike certain materials. He also observed the dark space around cathodes.
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He invented the cathode-ray tube, aka the Braun tube. He used magnetic forces in a vacume tube to deflect cathode rays and make a fluorescent image on a screen.
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At the world's fair in 1900 Constantin Perskyi read a paper to people at the world's fair that included the word television and the term became widly used.
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In 1888 Lenard did his first work with cathode rays. He discovered the "Lenard Window". He won the nobel prize for his work with cathode rays.
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A.A. Campbell Swinton and Boris Rosing proposed electronic tv sets and while both of their proposals were great and were used later by the inventors of the tv they did not know how to make the tvs work.
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In 1923, he filed a patent for an all-electronic television system. In 1924 he began building a television system based on his patent, but was modified, and in 1925 he demonstrated an almost entirely electronic system
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On September 7, 1927 Philo T. Farnsworth demonstrated that it was possible for electric images to be transmited without any mechanical contrivances. (He made the first electronic television) Farnsworth issued a patent on the first complete
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The first trans-Atlantic transmission of television. A man and a woman stood before an electric eye and some people in a village outside New York watched them turn their heads and move around. The images were crude, and broken but they were able to be sent all the way to New York from London.
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W2XBS would broadcast still pictures like Felix The Cat and other test patterns and photographs. These would be transmitted for two hours a day.
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Charles Jenkins received the 1st U.S. television license for W3XK
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Dr. Ernst Alexanderson expeimented with television broadcast and was responsible for the first broadcast of a professional television drama. The name of the broadcast was The Queen's Messenger.
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Charles Jenkin broadcast the 1st television commercial in 1930. He was promptly fined by the Federal Radio Commission, the predecessor of the FCC.
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In 1930 RKO experimented with theatre television and had an orchestra be conducted through television as their conducter was multiple miles away listening to them through the telephone.
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CBS was supplied with their telivision equipment by the RCA and started broadcasting on July 21, 1931. They used a 60 line flying spot scanner (camera), and and the receivers operated in the 2-3 mHz band, which made it so that they could transmit long distances.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the first president to appear on television. He was on TV when he opened the world's fair in 1939.
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On June 25 CBS broadcast the first commercial color TV program.
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The first prototype of the flat screen TV was made and it was released later that year. It was co-invented by professors Donald Bitzer and Gene Slottow. They were aided by student Robert Wilson.
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Greater ease in creating animated and live action films.
Better special effects in movies and TV shows.
More access to networks like Netflix.
Most TVs can also serve other functions and connect to the internet.
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Holograms: 3D projection technologies will become available.
Interactive 2D projections: where computer/TV screens will be able to be projected and information can be moved by touching the projection.
Higher Definition 3D Movies: Movies that look like you are really there watching everything happen in reality.
Better Animation: Improvements in the animation of movies and TV shows.
Lighter TVs: The weight of the internal technology will be reduced.
