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The first television was invented by Philo Farns worth and Charles Francis Jenkins. Their invention used electrons to scan images. The first scanned image was a simple line. https://www.nyu.edu/classes/stephens/History of Television page.htm
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On September 11th,1928 was the first television drama to be broadcasted. It lasted forty minutes an was a named the "The Queens Messenger". The screen was so small only the hands and face of the actor could be seen. http://www3.northern.edu/wild/th100/tv.htm
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The first TV set sold was the Jenkins Television Radiovisor and Receiver Kit. It sold for around $115 dollars,$115 dollars is equal to about $1,769 dollars in today's economy. It was meant for living rooms due to the wood and other materials it was made of. http://www3.northern.edu/wild/th100/tv.htm
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Sony launched the first portable tv called TV8-301. http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/CorporateInfo/History/history.html
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The first flat screen tv was invented by Donald Bitzer and Gene Sottow. The tv put out a single color, and almost relates to the technology we use today. It also had very poor picture quality. http://www.ehow.com/facts_5407609_history-flat-screen-tv.html
