Television – Page 1

A television is a term used to describe a

telecommunication system, which is used for
transmitting and receiving moving images, either
black and white, or colour.

The term „Television‟ can also refer to a television

program, transmission or a Television set.

The word comes from the Latin and Greek meaning

of far sight. The Greek word „tele‟ (τῆλε) meaning
far and Latin word „visio‟ meaning sight.

In recent years, businesses have formed and intro-

duced channels. There are now many different
types of channels, in sorts such as Cable, Digital
and Analogue TV.

The television has, over time, become one of the

most common communication systems used.
Mainly as a source of News and Entertainment.

Television – Page 2

The Television was first invented by Scottish

Engineer John Logie Baird in Hastings in 1923.
He was also responsible for the first electronic
colour television broadcast. In a laboratory in 1924,
Baird demonstrated that a semi-mechanical
analogue television system is possible by
transmitting moving silhouette images.

In 1927, Philo Farnsworth made the first ever

working television system with electronic scanning
of pickup and display devices which he
demonstrated in September of 1928.

In 1936, Kalman Tihanyi thought up the principle of

a Plasma Television, a flat-screen panel system.

The Plasma TV was first in-

vented by Donald Bitzer of
Illinois University in 1964.
The first 21 inch full colour
TV was created by Fujitsi in
1992, who at the time were
one of the leading Television
producers and went on to
produce more.

Television – Page 3

Currently, more and more businesses

are releasing new types of TV’s, as they
aim to make the best one inon the market.

Recently, companies like Samsung, Sony and

Panasonic, who are three of the biggest electronic
companies on the market, have brought out new
TV technology’s, such as the HD TV and the LCD
TV.

Almost every television being made currently is

made as a Plasma TV, rather than the older
standard box TV.

The most recent type of Television, is the

Samsung
LED TV, which is the best Television available on
the market. The competition are trying to release
such TV’s as well, and if not, create a better one.

Mitsubishi have very recently released the 3D

ready TV. This type of television could be the next
sort released onto the market after the LED TV’s.

Mitsubishi were the only company to make this,

but
even more recently Samsung have released their
own 3D ready TV.

Into the future, more and more of these are ex-

pected to be released from the competition.

Also, the government have announced that be-

tween the years of 2008—2012, there will be the
analogue TV signal Switch off.

This means that the whole of Britain will have to be

100% digital, as they plan to get rid of the older
technology and step into the future.