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Philo T. Farnsworth, the man who started it all , along with the help of Charles Jenkins and John Logie Baird on creating the very first working television set. On September 7, 1927, Philo T. Farnsworth demonstrated that it was possible to transmit an "electrical image" without the use of any mechanical contrivances .
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On September 11, 1928, aired the first live drama broadcast for the television. Radio giant RCA began daily experimental television broadcasts in New York City in March 1929. They did this over the station W2XBS, known as WNBC today.
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Charles Jenkins broadcasts the first TV advertisement commercial in the 1930's.(no exact date)
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John Logie Baird, now working on his own, demonstrates a 600 line HDTV color system for television.
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Shortly after the death of John Logie Baird, 1,000,000 homes in the U.S. own a television set.
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John Logie Baird releases the first television with color in the United States.
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Astronaut Neil Armstrong takes Mankind's first step on the moon as millions of U.S. viewers watch the historic event live on network TV.
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The first VCR to use VHS was the Victor HR-3300, and was introduced by the president of JVC in Japan on September 9, 1976
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TV advertising revenues rise to $7.5 billion, which was 20% of all U.S. advertising.
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The Children's Television Act took effect, limiting the amount of commercials in children's TV programming.
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Digital satellite dishes are released. They become the biggest selling electronic item in history, next to the VCR.
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The DVD becomes more popular and DVD movies become more common.
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Flat screen and HDTV sales rise. These types of televisions are usually very thin, and have high image quality. When first released, these TVs were very expensive. very different from the large televisions earlier.
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TV manufactures release high definition 3D sets. In order to view television in 3D, you must wear modern LCD glasses that lets you view video in clear 3D.
