The glorious history of television

‘Good evening and welcome to television.’

Television is surely the most amazing and influential invention of the modern age. Television (TV) is one of the most beloved telecommunications medium that transmits coloured or monochrome moving images, accompanied by matching audio. The word television is derived from an ancient Greek word τῆλε which means “tele”. And from Latin word “visio” which means sight. The history of television is an important one.

The first television

The first television (as we know it) was invented in 1927. It was first used in Australia in 1928 but introduced into homes in September 1956 by some dude in US (who grew up without electricity mind you). This same fellow banned his own kids from watching television! Stating that…

‘there’s nothing on it worthwhile, and we’re not going to watch it in this household, and I don’t want it in your intellectual diet,’ Philo T Farnsworth.

Despite the nineteen twenties release date, some of the technology used (such as the Nipkow disk) was invented back as far as 1884. In line with the release of the television, of course, had to come the release of the video camera.

What’s even more fascinating is that the first colour and even the first 3D television began to emerge all the way back in 1928. But it wasn’t until after some initial tests, NBC made its first field test of colour television in February 1941.
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