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  2. Television set - Wikipedia

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    However, the first fully transistorized color TV set, the HMV Colourmaster Model 2700, was released in 1967 by the British Radio Corporation. [27] This began the transformation of television viewership from a communal viewing experience to a solitary viewing experience. [28] By 1960, Sony had sold over 4 million portable television sets ...

  3. History of television - Wikipedia

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    A television set, also called a television receiver, television, TV set, TV, or telly, is a device that combines a tuner, display, and speakers for the purpose of viewing television. Introduced in the late 1920s in mechanical form, television sets became a popular consumer product after World War II in electronic form, using cathode ray tubes ...

  4. Television - Wikipedia

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    The ubiquitous television set became the display device for recorded media in the 1970s, such as Betamax and VHS, which enabled viewers to record TV shows and watch prerecorded movies. In the subsequent decades, Television sets were used to watch DVDs and Blu-ray Discs of movies and other content. Major TV manufacturers announced the ...

  5. Predicta - Wikipedia

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    Predicta television sets were constructed with a variety of cabinet configurations, some detachable but all separate from the tube itself and connected by wires. [4] As its manufacturer explained in mid-1959, “The world’s first separate screen receiver, Philco’s ‘Predicta,’ marked a revolution in the design and engineering of ...

  6. This Ohio museum shows that TV is older than you might think

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    The museum holds a large collection of televisions from the 1920s and 1930s, and scores of the much-improved, post-World War II, black-and-white sets that changed the entertainment landscape.

  7. List of television manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    Released the Macintosh TV in 1993 Arcam: 2011 present Arise India: 2012 present AGA AB: 1952 - Audiovox - - Now Voxx International: AWA: 1956 1974 Baird: 1926 1980 made the first TVs, brand name after 1956 Bang & Olufsen: 1950 (prototype) present Beko - - BenQ - - Binatone - - Blaupunkt - Present BPL Group: 1980 present Brionvega: 1947 1956 ...

  8. List of years in television - Wikipedia

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    1940: The American Federal Communications Commission, (), holds public hearings about television; 1941: First television advertisements aired. The first official, paid television advertisement was broadcast in the United States on July 1, 1941, over New York station WNBT (now WNBC) before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies.

  9. John Logie Baird - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 December 2024. Scottish inventor, known for first demonstrating television (1888–1946) John Logie Baird FRSE Baird in 1917 Born (1888-08-13) 13 August 1888 Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, Scotland Died 14 June 1946 (1946-06-14) (aged 57) Bexhill, Sussex, England Resting place Baird family grave in ...