Television By andybuss Jan 1, 1878 Williams Crookes confirms existence of cathode rays Jan 1, 1890 Invention of first motion picture camera http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_film Jan 1, 1927 First motion picture produced with sound http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_film Jul 2, 1928 First regulary scheduled TV service in USA began http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_television#United_States Sep 1, 1928 Philo Farnsworth demonstrated first working television to press http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television Jan 1, 1935 First electronically scanned TV service began in Berlin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television Jun 15, 1936 Don Lee Broadcasting demonstated high definition TV for one month Aug 1, 1936 Berlin Olympic Games were broadcasted through cable TV services in the area http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television Nov 2, 1936 BBC starts first regular high definition broadcast Jul 1, 1941 Television commercial began to appear in US Jan 1, 1947 44000 television sets in the US Sep 4, 1951 President Harry Truman's speech live national broadcast Jan 1, 1953 Color TV introduced to USA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television Jan 1, 1954 First color broadcast http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television Jan 1, 1975 Video Cassettes made available Jan 1, 1979 All broadcasting stations converted to color http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television Jan 1, 1980 First electronic remote controls appear Jan 1, 1997 DVDs made available Jan 1, 2002 Star Wars: Attack of the Clones first big budget film shot with digital cameras Jan 1, 2004 More than 98% of American homes have TVs