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Evolution of televesion
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APA Citation
Landen, H. (n.d.). The Birth of Television. VideoUniversity. Retrieved from http://www.videouniversity.com/articles/the-birth-of-television/Google Images. (n.d.). Google Images. Retrieved from http://www.google.com/imgres?start=99 -
First Electrical TV
On January 7,1927 Philo T. Farnsworth applied for his patent. This is considered the official date of the invention of the television, which he called “Image Dissector”. This set of television used a guided beam of electrons in a cathode ray tibe. The first TV produced an image formed of 60 lines of phosphor. -
First Wireless Remote Control
The first remote control was called the "Zenith Flash-Matic".
It used a beam of light aimed at one of the sensors on the four corners of the picture box. Now, people were able to turn on and off their TV, flip the channels and mute the TV using only the remote control. -
APA Citation
APA Citation:Langer, E. (2012, May 22). Eugene J. Polley, engineer who invented the first wireless TV remote control, dies at 96. Washington Post. Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/eugene-j-polley-engineer-who-invented-the-first-wireless-tv-remote-control-dies-at-96/2012/05/22/gIQAv4J4iU_story.html -
Color TV
By this time period, the majority of TV programs were broadcast in color. More and more homes bought television sets. There was an act passed which made it mandatory for all television sets to receive UHF signals (channels 14-83). This helped create a more variety of programs for the public to watch. Also during this decade over 600 million people watched the NASA moon landing with Neil Armstrong. -
APA Citations
APA Citation:Television / TV Changes, Examples and old TV shows. (n.d.). How TV / Television Have Changed in 70 Years from The People History Site. Retrieved from http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/tv.htmlGoogle Images. (n.d.). Google Images. Retrieved from http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1 -
APA Citations
Google Images. (n.d.). Google Images. Retrieved from http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1Google Images. (n.d.). Google Images. Retrieved from http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1Television / TV Changes, Examples and old TV shows. (n.d.). How TV / Television Have Changed in 70 Years from The People History Site. Retrieved from http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/tv.html -
TV in the 1980's
During this period of time, VCR became widely available and popular. It was now possible for viewers to record and replay programs and also rent movies. In addition video games became very popular among young teenagers. -
TV in 1990's
Cable television programming became very popular. Various TV technologies such as Plasma and LCD are in development. Televisions now include additional features such as picture in picture, sleep timers, and parental controls.By 1998, it was possible to view videos on the Web and search television broadcasts on a computer. -
APA citations
APA Citation: Google Images. (n.d.). Google Images. Retrieved from http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1Stevens, M. (n.d.). Hisrtory of Television. Www.nyu.edu. Retrieved from http://www.nyu.edu/classes/stephens/History%20of%20Television%20page.htmMonaghan, E. (n.d.). Television Through the Decades and the Ways It Changed Our World. - TopTenREVIEWS. Retrieved from http://tv.toptenreviews.com/standard/television-through-the-decades-and-the-ways-it-changed-our-world.htm -
Present TV
Japan has developed a “touchable” 3D TV technology, which allows users to touch, move and change images floating in front of them. It will be able to simulate surgical operations and give video game players a whole new experience of videogames. -
APA Citation
Japan develops 'touchable' 3D TV technology. (n.d.). Japan Develops 'touchable' 3D TV Technology. Retrieved from http://phys.org/news202021302.html
