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The idea of the televison began to germinate
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First sketched tv images in motion
The concept of electrically powered transmission of TV images in motion -
Scanning to transmit images
The concept of using scanning to transmit images in the pantelegraph through the use of a pendulum-based scanning mechanism -
Boris Rosing became the first inventor to use a CRT in the receiver of an experimental television system
He used mirror-drum scanning to transmit simple geometric shapes to the CRT. -
television system utilizing fully electronic scanning and display elements
Hungarian engineer Kálmán Tihanyi emploied the principle of "charge storage" within the scanning (or "camera") tube. -
WRGB claims to be the world's oldest television station
Broadcasting from the General Electric factory in Schenectady, NY, under the call letters W2XB -
World's first public demonstration of a TV system
At the Berlin Radio Show, Manfred von Ardenne gave the world's first public demonstration of a TV system using a cathode ray tube for both transmission and reception -
Motorola introduced the VT-71 television for $189.95, the first television set to be sold for under $200
Motorola introduced the VT-71 television for $189.95, the first television set to be sold for under $200, finally making television affordable for millions of Americans. -
The first national color broadcast
the 1954 Tournament of Roses Parade -
color sets started selling in large numbers
Color sets started selling in large numbers, due in part to the color transition of 1965 in which it was announced that over half of all network prime-time programming would be broadcast in color that fall. -
Compact and lightweight Porta-Color set
The introduction of GE's relatively compact and lightweight Porta-Color set in the spring of 1966 made watching color television a more flexible and convenient proposition. -
80,000 subscribers
Cable had more than 80,000 subscribers in New York -
First completely all-color network season.
The last holdout among daytime network programs converted to color -
First trade-shown prototype
Improved pocket-size units, including the first color sets. Created by Hitachi in Berlin, Germany. -
The widespread commercial availability of the first LCD TV sets
The Seiko wristwatch TV and the pocket-size Casio TV-10. Both were black-and-white receivers with low-resolution. -
cable and directSatellite television systems increased the number of channels
By the late 1980s and 1990s, as cable and direct-satellite television systems increased the number of channels, the hold of these government-funded networks began to weaken. -
The spread of television transmitters, television sets, and electricity
I was possible for half of the individuals in the world to watch television. However, television's attraction globally was strong. -
The television industry decided to display ratings of its programs
The ratings were designed to indicate the age groups for which the programs might be suitable: TV-G, TV-PG), TV-14, and TV-MA (for mature audiences only). -
Three-line digital comb filters appeared on high-end TVs
In addition, composite video and S-Video inputs began appearing to support devices like video games and VCRs. -
Analog broadcast television in the United States ended
In favor of Digital terrestrial television (DTV) or digital-only broadcasting.
