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Articles and Products of History Television and EntertainmentCan any of you remember when you didn’t have a television? Many of our parents and grandparents remember the days when the radio ruled the family household.
The first television actually had two variations the electric television and the mechanical television. The mechanical television was based on a large disk inside of it. In the broadest sense this television was a pre cursor for the modern DVD player. The electric television is what we all use today but where did it come from and when was it invented? The modern Television started it out like modern computers did using tubes. In the televisions case they were called cathode ray tubes. The kinescope tube was an offshoot of the CRT and was to become one of the foundations the modern television was designed around. By the mid 1930’s numerous manufacturers were working on developing the television. With the advent of world war two the American people wanted a way to see the images of war. By the early 1940’s the first electronic color TV was developed by the RCA Company. As the development of electronic technology continued the prices of televisions went down. It is estimated that in 1936 fewer then two hundred televisions were purchased worldwide. By the mid 1960’s that number had grown to over one hundred thousand televisions sold. The history of television broadcasting was based around the desire to make advertising revenue as it still is today. The quality and quantity of programming has continued to grow and it is estimated there are over ten thousand separate broadcasting companies around the world today. Television brings in revenues of over ten billion dollars per year, with
programs such as the Super bowl earning over a million dollars per minute
to show a commercial. Who would have thought that television would have
such a dramatic impact on our lives? With live news and TV shows who knows
what you will see? Grab some popcorn and a cold drink and turn on the
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