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TV Turns 90 (axios.com)

Posted by msmash on from the milestones dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: A live webcast today will celebrate the transmission of the first electronic TV signal on Sept. 7, 1927, and the man behind it, Philo T. Farnsworth, per AP: The webcast is set for 6 p.m. ET from the original location of Farnsworth's San Francisco lab. It'll be repeated at 9 p.m. and midnight. Veteran producer Phil Savenick created the site to detail the medium's history and the contributions of Farnsworth and other TV pioneers.

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  1. And after 90 years... by bobbied · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There is still nothing worth watching on...

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    1. Re:And after 90 years... by Kjella · · Score: 4, Interesting

      And after 90 years there is still nothing worth watching on...

      And all mainstream music is shit and Hollywood sucks right? The more I learn about snobs of all varieties - not just the classic intellectual snobs but also the anti-intellectual counter-snobs and even the grumpy everything was better before-snobs the more I realize they're just shooting themselves in the foot by not enjoying what other people enjoy in order to somehow feel superior to them. Take the serious for what it is. Take the silly and fun for what it is. If you go to the opera, enjoy the opera. If you go to a barn dance, enjoy the barn dance. Things get a lot more fun when you stop comparing to the things it is not.

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      Live today, because you never know what tomorrow brings
  2. fake news, Philo tried in 1930s to be recognized by iggymanz · · Score: 4, Informative

    John Logie Baird in 1926 sent television images by radio.

    If sending by wire instead of free space is acceptable as criteria, television was invented in the mid 19th century.

  3. An excellent book on the topic... by QuietLagoon · · Score: 4, Informative
    ... Tube: The Invention of Television, by David E. Fisher, Marshall Jon Fisher

    imo, well worth a read. I bought the book when it first came out, and have reread it a couple of times.

  4. Re:actually... by dtmos · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm pretty sure Philo T. Farnsworth wasn't the guy who invented TV, though.

    Nobody claims that he did. However, he did invent electrically scanned TV, which was a big advance over the Nipkow disk and other mechanically scanned TV schemes that came before him -- including those of John Logie Baird.