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Invention of the Televison
September 7th, 1927 the television was successfully invented in San Francisco by a 21 year old male named Philo Farnsworth. He used preexisting ideas of other men before him. Evolution of Television:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzZMTRGGuD0
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Black and white TV
Black and white TV began to broadcast in the US -
Broadcast Industries
TV Broadcast Industries began -
Color TV
Color TV was available in the US -
Internet
The World Wide Web was created which influenced TV technology use Evolution of TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBc_4thHPwE -
Digital TV
First major change in television evolution since color TV. This streamed audio and picture together digitally. -
Streaming TV
First commercial streaming product (StarWorks) for the internet. -
Tivo (1999)
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Smart TV
Pre-loaded operating system or device that can provide Internet TV, online interactive media, over-the-top content, as well as on-demand streaming media, and home networking access. (The first patent for the product was in 1994.) -
Future Prediction 2
Millions of TV channels will be of access to anyone who chooses to stream online, but browsing for what you want will be a thing of the past. -
Future Prediction 1
I predict that TV Broadcast industries will be a thing of the past within 100 years. All things will be available online to stream. -
The Medium is the Message
What is communicated through television is important, but the medium of the television is equally important seeing as it has increasingly impacted our society and vice versa as our culture and values have impacted the technology of television and it's evolution. When, where, how, and with who we watch things through TV says a lot about the lives we live! It used to be tradition in most US homes to sit down, have dinner, and watch TV together. Now television can be watch virtually anywhere.
