A Timeline of Television Technology

A Timeline of TelevisionTechnology

1890’S - GUGLIELMO MARCONIDEVELOPED WIRELESS RADIO TRANSMISSIONS

1908 - LEE DE FORESTBROADCAST THE FIRST HUMAN VOICE USING THE AUDION TUBE

“RADIO BROADCASTING ADDED A TOTALLY NEW DIMENSION TOMODERN COMMUNICATION BY BRINGING THE OUTSIDE WORLD INTO THE INDIVIDUAL HOME.” - DANIEL J. CZITROM

1923 - VLADIMIR ZWORYKINDEMONSTRATED HIS ICONOSCOPE TUBE, THE FIRST PRACTICAL TELEVISION CAMERA TUBE

1925 - CHARLES JENKINSTRANSMITTED THE FIRST LONG-DISTANCE TV IMAGE

1927 - PHILO FARNSWORTHFIRST PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION OF AN ELECTRONIC TELEVISION SYSTEM

JULY 7, 1936 - DAVID SARNOFF AND RCAFIRST TELEVISION BROADCAST (NBC)

APRIL, 1939 - THE WORDS FAIR IN NEW YORKRCA MADE THE FIRST TRUE PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION OF TELEVISION

1947 - EARL “MADMAN” MUNTZCREATED THE FIRST AFFORDABLE TELEVISION.

1953 - COLOR TELEVISION INTRODUCEDDID NOT BECOME THE STANDARD UNTIL THE EARLY 1970’S

THE 1950’SBY THE END OF THE DECADE, THERE WERE 559 STATIONS AND NEARLY 90% OF U.S. HOUSEHOLDS HAD TELEVISION.

1962 - FIRST SATELLITE BROADCASTSAT&T BEGINS BROADCASTING INTERNATIONALLY.

1976 - FIRST HOME RECORDERSONY INTRODUCES THE BETAMAX TAPE RECORDER

1981 - HDTV DEVELOPED BY JAPANACCEPTED BY THE F.C.C. IN 1996

1998 - DVD’S COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLEONLY 2% OF HOMES HAVE A DVD PLAYER.

2004 - BLU-RAY AND HD DVD INTRODUCEDBLU-RAY EVENTUALLY WINS THE MARKET

by mrsbauerart on Sep 05, 2012