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Brief History of TV
Curious about the history of television?
Welcome to: "Television History - The
First 75 Years"
The entire website is devoted to the
history of the design, development, and marketing of the television set.
It is arranged in a chronological order, year-by-year, so you can see how things
progressed. The timeline button bars on the Home Page will take you to hundreds of
illustrations, graphics, reference articles, advertising, photos and scans of
real TV sets of long ago, from the US, Europe and Japan.
Don't have time to surf, and want a
QUICK history overview? Let me give you the 5 minute tour !!!
Television Development -
100 Years at a glance
1880s to 1899 |
Period of Dreams, Concepts and Initial Discoveries |
1900 |
The word "Television" is first used |
1922 to 1927 |
Early Experiments with a MECHANICAL scanning disc system. TV
Picture is neon orange and very small. |
1928 to 1934 |
First Mechanical TV Sets sold to public -- At the peak, 42
US stations were in operation using the Jenkins system. However,
picture quality is lacking. Not suitable for commercial use.
Electronic TV offers greater promise. |
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1926 to 1935 |
Early Experiments with All-Electronic Cathode Ray Television (the basic
system we have today) |
1935 to 1941 |
Electronic (Experimental) TV begins broadcasting in
Germany, England, Italy, France, USA, Holland, etc. |
Early
1940s |
Work begins on
CBS Mechanical Color Television |
July
1, 1941 |
Electronic (Commercial) Black & White Television begins broadcasting
in United States |
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1942 to 1945 |
World War-II halts all TV sales and most all public broadcasting. |
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Late 1946 |
First American Post War TV set is RCA
630-TS (Less than 7,000 TV sets in USA, pre WW-II) |
June
25, 1951 |
First Mechanical Color Television Set Placed on Market
(CBS-Columbia) at $499.95. |
Oct 20, 1951 |
Mechanical CBS Color TV Broadcasting ends forever |
May
1954 |
First All-Electronic Color Television Set is RCA
CT-100, selling at $1,000 |
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1987 |
Japanese demonstrate ANALOG
high-definition TV system (called MUSE) |
1990 |
General Instrument's Video Cipher division announces DIGITAL
Hi-Definition System |
1995 |
Congress Passes the Telecommunications Act of 1995,
replacing the old 1934 laws |
Late
1990s |
Internet, World-Wide-Web explodes onto the scene
-- ushering in new global communications for the 21st century! |
Please note: This website is concentrated on hardware, not
television programming. However, there is a fair amount of program
information as it relates to early ("first") shows, and important facts
and statistics, also (Top Rated Shows,
etc.). The easiest thing to do is type your question into the
"Search" box, and see what pops-up!
ALSO: Check out the FAQ
link ----- for dozens of "Frequently Asked Questions" posted
there.
1930s to 1950s TV Selling Prices
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