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1928 GE Octagon
With only one show, this television was a big hit to the people. It only showed the hands or the heads of the two characters with someone else reading lines. There was only a 3" lense so only one peson can watch at a time. -
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History of Television by Anthony Raspa
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1929 Westrn Television
This television was open to the public in 1929 costing $108.25. Thsi televison also has four programs on it. They had 48 line picture definition while the U.S. standard for analog television has been 525 lines since the end of WWII. HDTV has over twice that resolution today. -
1932 Jenkins Radio-TV Receiver - Model JD30
This television that was released in 1932 was bigger than all the other ones. Unfortunately, not many where sold since the Great Depression hit in late 1929. -
World War II
Because of World War 2, nearly all televisions were halted world wide. This happened because evryone was either fighting or helping mass produce army supplies. -
1947 Du Mont- RA- 102 "Clifton"
This set is one of DuMont's earliest, dating from 1947. It has an unusual cabinet design, similar to some of the pre-1945 British sets. It has a 12 inch picture tube. Very few of these sets survive today. -
1949 Zenith 28T925R
The screen was 10 inches with a wood cabinet finish. One of the bigger tv's of its time. The color of the picture is still black and white. -
Color TV
In the mid year of 1951, color tv was invented. It's first program was on CBS. -
1957 RCA 21CD7916
This was the first tv created after the invention of color tv. It has the biggest screen out of all previous ones made -
1959 RCA "Fliptop"
After inventing the last RCA in 1957, the company thought they could build something bigger and better; and so they did. -
Sony TV8-301 portable television receiver, 1960
The Sony TV8-301 was the world's first truly portable television. There had been earlier ‘portable’ TV sets, but you needed to be very strong to carry them. -
Perdio 'Portarama Mk II' television receiver, 1962.
The 8 inch Perdio Portarama was an early British portable television. By 1963 there were more than 15 million sets in Britain. -
Bush dual-standard television receiver, type 145U, 1967.
Bush is one of the only British television brand names still manufactured in the UK today (2003). Its name is derived from the location of the original Bush Radio factory in Shepherd's Bush, London. -
1971 TR-005 Panasonic "Flying Saucer" TV
The "Flying Saucer" was a television set that was manufactured from the late 1960s to early 1970s by Panasonic. It had a five-inch screen, earphone jack, and could rotate 180 degrees on its chrome tripod. -
GEC portable monochrome television, model 3133/1, 1978.
12 inch portable receiver made by the General Electric Company. The company manufactured televisions between 1947 and 1986. -
Ferguson black and white television receiver, model 3821, 1979.
This new tv has a 21-inch screen. It was produced by British firm Ferguson, which was taken over by Thorn-EMI who later sold the brand to French-owned Thomson. -
Thorn portable television receiver, model 3845, 1980.
12 inch portable television receiver in white plastic casing, manufactured by Thorn EMI. -
Sinclair flat-screen pocket TV, 1981.
Designed by Clive Sinclair, this television is three and a half inches in height by five and a half inches in width by one inch in diameter, and has a two inch by two inch screen. -
Bang & Olufsen Beovision MX 1500 television receiver, c 1989.
The Beovision MX 1500 came in four colours - red, black, silver-grey and white. It had built-in teletext (as an optional extra) and, unusually for the time, connections for video and tape recorder, earphones, PC and TV games. -
Philips 21St color televison receiver, 1992.
Typical of TV sets throughout the 1980s and 1990s, this landmark set, presented to the Museum in 1993, is a Philips' color television set containing their 200 millionth color tube. -
Philips 28ML8916 widescreen television receiver, c 1993.
A Philips widescreen coloor television set. Nothing new from the previous television. The only thing that was different was the design of the set. -
Panosonic TX-25W3C year 1994
Panosonic had this new model come out to kepp up with it's competitors. Many people prefered Sony or Philips. -
Roadstar 2.5-inch TFT LCD portable color television 2006.
Very small portable televisions have been around since the 1980s, but they have never enjoyed much success. As technology has improved they have become slightly better, with longer battery life, and larger screens. -
Samsung LE26R4 BD (LCD screen) television receiver, 2006.
Flatscreens, like plasma and LCD (liquid crystal display), are more popular. This is because they take up far less space than conventional televisions. This model is capable of displaying high-definition broadcasts, which give much better picture quality. -
The invention of LCD TVs
LCD TVs came out in 1990 but were not cheap enough for a normal person to purchase until 2007.
