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  2. Color television - Wikipedia

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    The invention of color television standards was an important part of the history and technology of television. Transmission of color images using mechanical scanners had been conceived as early as the 1880s. A demonstration of mechanically scanned color television was given by John Logie Baird in 1928, but its limitations were apparent even ...

  3. Introduction of color television in countries by decade. This is a list of when the first color television broadcasts were transmitted to the general public. Non-public field tests, closed-circuit demonstrations and broadcasts available from other countries are not included, while including dates when the last black-and-white stations in the country switched to color or shutdown all black-and ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Color Television Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Color Television Inc. was an American research and development firm founded in 1947 and devoted to creating a color television system to be approved by the Federal Communications Commission as the U.S. color broadcasting standard. Its system was one of three considered in a series of FCC hearings from September 1949 to May 1950.

  6. History of television - Wikipedia

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    It is an innovative service that represents the first significant evolution in television technology since color television in the 1950s. [135] Digital TV's roots have been tied very closely to the availability of inexpensive, high-performance computers. It wasn't until the 1990s that digital TV became a real possibility. [136]

  7. Field-sequential color system - Wikipedia

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    The CBS Sequential Color TV system was first demonstrated to the press on September 4, 1940. [8] A color 16mm film was telecined to a color TV set and shown to the gathered press in Peter Goldmark's New York CBS lab. [8] Live color from television cameras in a studio was first demonstrated to the press in 1941. [9]

  8. History of display technology - Wikipedia

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    Electrically operated display devices have developed from electromechanical systems for display of text, up to all-electronic devices capable of full-motion 3D color graphic displays. Electromagnetic devices, using a solenoid coil to control a visible flag or flap, were the earliest type, and were used for text displays such as stock market ...

  9. Hovannes Adamian - Wikipedia

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    He designed systems of black and white, as well as color televisions. Developing theoretical works by other co-founders of color television like M. Le Blanc and P. Nipkov, Adamian was the first in the world to achieve practical results in color television and to carry out color television transfers.