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Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Basic timeline of television technology

This post is a basic timeline of television technology. There are 35 innovations listed below chronologically.

• 1843: facsimile transmission
• 1856: practical facsimile system
• 1884: Nipkow disk
• 1895: telephotography
• 1897: cathode-ray tube
• 1907: practical image rasterizer
• 1911: mechanical mirror-drum scanner
• 1914: Televista
• 1923: transmission of moving silhouette images
• 1924: cable television
• 1926: first public television broadcast
• 1926: 40-line resolution Nipkow disk scanner
• 1926: charge storage
• 1927: flying-spot scanner
• 1927: image dissector camera tube
• 1927: flat panel plasma display
• 1928: color transmission
• 1928: first television station
• 1928: 3D television
• 1931: iconoscope
• 1931: multipactor
• 1932: ultra-short wave television
• 1931: Emitron
• 1934: super-Emitron
• 1934: CPS Emitron
• 1939: field-sequential color system
• 1940: Telechrome
• 1951: first national live television broadcast
• 1962: satellite television
• 1966: Porta-Color
• 1976: VHS
• 1978: LED display
• 1980s: HDTV
• 1994: smart TV
• 1997: DVD

Sources

Wikipedia: History of television, DVD, VHS