Product Evolution Timeline | Television Timeline

  • The First Electronic Television was Invented in 1927

    The First Electronic Television was Invented in 1927

    The world’s first electronic television was created by a 21 year old inventor named Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
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    A Historical Timeline of the Evolution of the Television (1927-2020)

    From the first Tv's to present day. There is a clear drastic change of the product.
  • First Television Brand RCA

    TV's were tested at the World Fair in 1939 to market to the public. One of the first TV brands was RCA.
  • Television Tweaks

    Television Tweaks

    Between the 1950s , television turned from a niche technology into a critical form of communication found in living rooms across the nation. A vast number of changes and improvements took place in the second half of the 20th century to make the television into what it is today.
  • First Color Television

    First Color Television

    Starting in 1954, color RCA TV systems were sold across America.
  • Television Revolution Begins

    Television Revolution Begins

    Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon and the whole world saw through their television sets. The TV revolution had begun.
  • HDTV

    HDTV

    NHK demonstrates HDTV with 1,125 lines of resolution.
  • Required Captions

    Required Captions

    Closed captioning required on all sets.
  • Panasonic Flat Screen Television

    Panasonic Flat Screen Television

    Developers at Panasonic developed and released the flat screen TV. It quickly took over the TV market.
  • First Flat Screen Tv's

    First Flat Screen Tv's

    2005: Flat screen TVs and HDTVs are introduced for the first time.
  • 3D Television

    3D Television

    2010: 3D televisions start hitting the market, spurred by popular 3D blockbusters like Avatar.
  • Present Day Television

    Present Day Television

    As we start 2020, the media and entertainment sectors are in flux. New technologies are enabling new types of content, streaming platforms in multiple content categories are spending billions in their fight for market share and the interplay between social platforms and media is a central topic of global political debate