The History of Television
From the First Televison
Introduction
In this article you will see how the Television turned from simple black and white pictures to colored images that moved and make sound. Only a few of the many brilliant minds that made modern television possible today are listed. Many people around the world are influenced by Television. Some people made the unbelievable and made a television so big it only fits outside! Compare and Contrast the televisions from the 1800's to 2014's.
The First Televison
In the late 1800s, Paul Gottlieb Nipkow developed the first ever mechanical module of television. This technology was called the electric telescope.
The First Television run by Electricity
Alan Archibald Campbell - Swinton was a Scottish electrical engineer made the first electrical television
First Television to use moving images
Charles Francis Jenkins publicly demonstrated the transmission of moving images (silhouettes) using a mechanical television system in 1923. In 1925, he demonstrated long distance transmission by sending moving pictures from Anacosta, Virginia to Washington, D.C.
First broadcasted image of man
Baird also broadcasted the first image of a live human face in 1925. Baird also presided over the first color television transmission, the first transatlantic transmission, and the first stereoscopic broadcast.
First Color T.V.
The first color t.v was made by Guillermo González Camarena. This was a big leap of the television because it began people to be creative with colors. Before movie writers used dull clothing because the color would just turn grey anyway.
Oldest Movie Theater
The world’s oldest surviving public movie theater, the Eden Theatre in the town of La Ciotat. 1895. Inside the theater is massive.
1980 Televison
Curtis Mathes Corporation made this type of brand of television in 1980. The Corporation gave a modernized look to the television
Largest Home Television- 2015
The worlds largest home T.V. which has a 110 inch screen. It will first be used in 2015. This television is so large it can be barely classified as a home television.
Worlds largest Televison
World's largest set boasts a 201inch screen and costs £414,000. It is massive and can only be fit outdoors(Unless you have gigantic ceiling like 50 ft high).