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scientists began working with electronics to make life easier. they didn't know much about how electricity worked.
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the pantelegraph was invented. it could transfer an image through wires.
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scientists experimented with selenium. it helped them figure out that they could transform picture into signals to be sent over wires easier.
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he dreamed of a machine that people would use in their homes to view pictures.
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the photophone was invented. it could transfer sound, but they aimed for it to do the same with pictures at a higher quality.
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they figured out how to send multiple pictures through wires. they used a rotating disk to move the pictures.
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the first tv was seen at the 1900 world fair in Paris.
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scientists developed a new way to work the tv. it used something called cathode rays and a vacuum tube.
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a way to capture objects in motion was developed. it was called the moving picture, and paved the way for movies and tv shows.
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the first long distance television test ran between Washington DC and New York.
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the first station was named W3XK.
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at first the tv was very small. by 1936 there were 200 sets in use, but the number grew quickly.
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CBS was the first major TV network.
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TV's were tested at the World fair in 1939 to market to the public. one of the first tv brands was RCA.
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Color tv had been developed for many years. It was finally released to the public in 1950.
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Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon and the whole world saw through their TV sets. the TV revolution has begun.
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developers at Panasonic developed and released the flat screen. it quickly took over the tv market.
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in 2009, the American people made the switch to all digital television viewing.