Changes of Television Over the Years

First thought of the "television"

1876

As early as 1876, Boston civil servant George Carey envisioned complete television systems, putting forward drawings for a “selenium camera” that would enable people to “see by electricity.”

The World’s First Public Demonstration of a Television

1926

In 1926, Baird gave the world’s first public demonstration of a television system at Selfridge’s department store. He used mechanical rotating disks to scan moving images into electrical impulses.

first television created

1927

The first television was invented by Philo Taylor Farnsworth in 1927. Farnsworth transmitted the first image, a straight line, from his laboratory in San Francisco.

First Television Sold Commercially

1929

The Baird Televisor became the first television sold commercially in 1929. using reflected light to create a low-resolution image the size of a postage stamp.

3 Main Television Networks

1948

In 1948, there were three main TV networks: NBC, CBS, ABC.

first all-electronic color television

1953

1953The first all-electronic color television was introduced in the U.S.

First Flat-Screen television

1997

1997 Philips made the first domestic flat-screen television, a 42-inch plasma TV

Flat screens in the future

2000

TVs in the 2000s became more popular and more affordable. They also became thinner.