-
The first sketch of what is now called ''Television'' was sketched in 1878. At that time science fiction authors imagined that light could be transmitted by wires. The first machine that transmitted images electrically was the early fax machine.
-
John Logee Baird just transmitted silhoettes in his early model of a TV. A year later he transmitted monochromatic images. By doing this John’s Television became the first true TV that could transmit silhoettes and monochromatic images.
-
This model had electronic scanning on both the pickup and display devices.
-
CBS begins its TV development.
-
The FCC releases the NTSC standard for black and white TV.
-
BBC transmitted the first public TV broadcast.
-
Charles Jenkins broadcasts the first TV commercial.
-
Most TV broadcasts are in color
-
The TV included a scanning disk and a spinning disk with holes spiraling toward the center. The distance beetween each hole was equal so that it would allow light to pass through.
