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In 1884, a 23 year old university student Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, patented the first mechanical television. It included a scanning disk and a spinning disk with holes spiraling toward the center, for rasterization. The distance beetween each hole was equal so that it would allow light to pass through.
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Photographic film is a sheet of material coated with a photosensitive emulsion. When the emulsion is sufficiently exposed to light or other forms of electromagnetic radiation such as X-rays and is developed it forms an image. George Eastman and his company, Eastman Kodak, developed the first flexible photographic film as well as the invention of roll film in 1885. http://www.worldwideinvention.com/articles/details/70/-Photographic-film-invented-by-George-Estman.html
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Working with William K.L. Dickson, Edison succeeded in constructing a working motion picture camera, the Kinetograph, and a viewing instrument, the Kinetoscope, which he patented in 1891.
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The development of the Cathode Ray Tube is used to produce television images, ten years after it was invented.
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By 1927, the famous american mastermind invented the first working electronic TV. This model had electronic scanning on both the pickup and display devices. He demonstrated it to the press on September 7th, 1927.
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In 1931 RCA introduced an improved camera tube that relied on Tihanyi's designs and patents
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In 1936, the first television broadcast was made available in London. The broadcast displayed the British play, "The Man with the Flower in His Mouth". This broadcast layed the foundation of home broadcasting.
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A successful color television system began commercial broadcasting, first authorized by the FCC on December 17, 1953 based on a system designed by RCA.
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In fact, the LCD TV was first presented to the public by Fergason's team in 1971. Heilmeier went on to various upper-governmental posts. Fergason went on to found his own company and garner some 100 patents related to LCD TV technology. LCD TV has become the cornerstone in the greater $10 billion industry LCD TV technology now represents.
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During the Super Bowl, Apple Computer introduced the Macintosh computer. This ad, in all, costed $900,000. This ad turns the Super Bowl into a major ad event.
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In February 2014, HIGH TV (High 4K) launched the first Ultra HD, 24/7 General Entertainment TV Channel available worldwide.
