Evolution of Television 1920-2020 (updated)

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  • The Evolution of Television 1920-2020 #television #history #tech
    In 100 years, the TV has taken many shapes and sizes. Here's the history of the television, from the 1920s to today.
    1920s
    The 1920s gave us the mechanical television. The first model had a small display on the right, and a huge cabinet. These first TVs were very simple, in comparison to our technology today.
    They implemented peculiar shapes. Such as the octagon television.
    Although the technology was impressive, the video quality was not. Facial features were not recognizable unless makeup was worn in a specific way.
    1930s
    In the 1930s we saw more refined televisions. With better designs and resolution.
    This decade saw a giant leap in video quality. From 100 scan lines at the start of the decade to 405.
    1940s
    The 1940s brought us even higher resolutions. Including, the NTSC standard, of 480 lines of resolution and better audio.
    In the 1940s it was difficult to produce CRT screens larger than 12 inches. So big screen TVs implemented projection techniques.
    1950s
    The 1950s brought us the short-lived porthole televisions. But most importantly, it brought us the NTSC color standard. But, not many color televisions were sold until the following decade.
    1960s
    The sales of color TVs boomed in the 60s. They were now more affordable and the colors were more vivid.
    The high-end TV sets also included a new invention. The remote control.
    1970s
    The 1970s brought TV designs for every taste and need. There was the upgradeable television with easily accessible circuit boards. The futuristic televisions. Which implemented curvy design patterns. The colorful TVs that looked more like toys. And the portable combos. Which normally included radios and cassette decks.
    1980s
    The 1980s was the end of the TV as furniture era. These were replaced with color projection TVs with larger screens and minimalist cabinets. The Space Command was one of those color projection TVs.
    The 1980s gave way to the first LCD TVs. They were tiny and pixelated, but it was a huge step forward. Portable CRT TVs were a lot more affordable and included additional functions.
    1990s
    This decade was all about Sony's Trinitron technology. As Sony's patent had run out, all competitors were free to use the technology.
    TV/VCR combos became really popular in the 1990s. They included FM radio and VCR.
    In the 1990s, Casio continued to improve their portable LCD TVs.
    A preview of one of the biggest tech of the following decade was introduced at the end of the 1990s. The flat HDTV. Priced around $7,000.
    2000s
    Throughout the 2000s CRT TVs were still very popular. As they were inexpensive and could access HD channels using a converter box.
    During this decade, LCD tech was finally able to compete with Plasma. Giving us LCD HDTVs. Then LED TVs arrived. Which were superior to both.
    A few brands experimented with ambience lighting. To make the TVs more immersive.
    Through the decade, HDTVs became pretty smart. They were able to display content from your computer. As well as connect to different services on the internet.
    2010s
    We started the 2010s with the best combination of tech money can buy. 4K, LED, And 3D. Which all had just been introduced.
    Curved screens became the premium feature for a few years. It was meant to reduce glare and improve immersion. By taking advantage of our peripheral vision. This works well for computer monitors. But it is barely noticeable on TVs.
    Something truly impressive was the introduction of wallpaper TVs. These are almost as thin as a credit card.
    The latest feature is ambient mode. Which lets you match your TV to your decor. It allows you to display your TV as art, or to match your wallpaper.
    2020s
    2020 promises many new technologies. Such as the rollable TV. It is completely hidden when it's off and when it's on, it grows to the size of the content or application. This is great for calendar and music apps. And avoids the black bars in extra-wide movies.
    The transparent glass TV is another discreet TV technology. But it will likely be used more for decoration and art, than for entertainment.
    While the double sided TV will be great for gaming and for commercial applications.
    Tech is changing really fast, and so are our TVs. What do you think is next, for the evolution of television?

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  • @mj6962
    @mj6962 2 роки тому +1291

    You skipped over the late 90’s and and early 2000’s television sets that had really large screens and a flat appearance on the front. But the back part stick out about 3 feet and weighed as much as a car! lol. Such a joy trying to move those.

    • @mjohns6636
      @mjohns6636 2 роки тому +141

      I absolutely hated that era of TV's. If you had a friend who bought on of those giant projection TV's and they asked you to help move it you would defiantly need to consider how important of a friend they were before agreeing.

    • @apedumpling5218
      @apedumpling5218 2 роки тому +26

      Yup, I remember that, I forgot the brand but jeez that thing was huge, I had to get some guys from Craigslist to help move it out of my place, but man that thing had so many memories.

    • @wispa1a
      @wispa1a 2 роки тому +18

      We had a grundig that needed 4 people to move. Awesome pic for the time expensive to repair.

    • @wispa1a
      @wispa1a 2 роки тому +9

      But 6 min on Trinitron area.

    • @stevelowe2647
      @stevelowe2647 2 роки тому +13

      I tore several muscles in my back moving one of them, and I was only about 13, not like I was a withered 80 year old

  • @darkyboode3239
    @darkyboode3239 11 місяців тому +83

    It’s quite funny how in the 1920s people would watch TV on a small screen, but about 100 years later we’re doing that again on our phones.

    • @32-bitcloud
      @32-bitcloud 6 місяців тому +7

      I was literally thinking the same thing. lol

    • @elijahsmall5873
      @elijahsmall5873 5 місяців тому +1

      Crazy 😅

    • @OrganMusicYT
      @OrganMusicYT 5 місяців тому +9

      Nobody in the 1920s had a TV. Very few had them until the 1950s. What they did have was cinemas, with HUGE screens and picture quality that often rivals or is better than HD.

    • @TheTimelessToybox
      @TheTimelessToybox 3 місяці тому

      @@OrganMusicYTexactly, I wish this video would explain this.

    • @crashingblow3753
      @crashingblow3753 2 дні тому

      Man, all this time I thought it was just a meme. We really are evolving backwards.
      At least in terms of technology. More specifically how it is presented or used.

  • @theblah12
    @theblah12 2 роки тому +88

    That 1940’s projection TV looks super impressive for the time

    • @Stefan-
      @Stefan- Рік тому +6

      Yeah, a square and flat screen 40 years before crt´s started to become somewhat flat and square.

    • @ramlakkan9056
      @ramlakkan9056 9 місяців тому +1

      Correct

  • @iHaventShoweredIn7weeks
    @iHaventShoweredIn7weeks 2 роки тому +96

    Ahhh the early 2000s I grew up with the box TVs and when you touch the screen sometimes you get a shock XD

    • @MrRasZee
      @MrRasZee Рік тому +12

      yes tvs had a static sparkling noise when you swiped your hand over it after you turned it off

    • @aquiuvidex3574
      @aquiuvidex3574 Рік тому +1

      Hahahaha yes!

    • @MrMJmusicLover
      @MrMJmusicLover Рік тому +4

      I always hated that.

    • @weegie3343
      @weegie3343 Рік тому +5

      i remember the crt having a lot of static electricity so hair went all weird near it

    • @laurenedney7
      @laurenedney7 Рік тому +1

      Like when you poke the screen green, red and blue pixels shows up around?

  • @Dog.soldier1950
    @Dog.soldier1950 Рік тому +71

    My father taught himself how to repair TV’s and radios in 1948 after a one week night course! Has his own business in Pittsburg, CA. He did car radios, tv’s etc. mostly this meant tubes and picture tubes which regularly failed but speakers regularly blew out. He sold a few RCA TV’s but could not sell a color TV in the late 50’s, only a few shows in color, Disney, Bonanza and sports, so we took it home and I amazed my friends! Sad to say when solid state came in and tubes were no more during the 70’s it killed the repair business. He was a great guy who survived an orphanage, depression, CCC, WW2…made ‘em tough then

    • @ekynnicholl_15
      @ekynnicholl_15 11 місяців тому +2

      We always need to remember to always learn something new because technology is disruptive and fast

    • @shiralleehaggart72
      @shiralleehaggart72 7 місяців тому +2

      Huge respect to your father.

  • @Mjwara
    @Mjwara 2 роки тому +489

    It's amazing to see how products have evolved over time.

    • @poopiepants1564
      @poopiepants1564 2 роки тому +9

      wow congratulations

    • @thewardenofoz3324
      @thewardenofoz3324 2 роки тому +2

      products evolve, organisms/populations do not, unless you're a special kind of gullible

    • @cesarcanete3402
      @cesarcanete3402 2 роки тому +2

      It'd be awesome if they made a TV that operates on Blockchain.

    • @woodentrainseriesofficial9511
      @woodentrainseriesofficial9511 2 роки тому +1

      @da_king what tv do you have then?

    • @lordoftheflies7024
      @lordoftheflies7024 2 роки тому +10

      @@thewardenofoz3324 lmao, ur claiming accepting scientific FACT as a sign of naivete? Wow. If ur so certain about evolution not existing, why dont u present ur research to the scientific community and win urself a nobel prize already?

  • @PeBoVision
    @PeBoVision Рік тому +317

    I was present for much of television's development. I grew up in the 50's, so many of the televisions I encountered were manufactured in the 40's...and yes, there were still a few round screens among family and friends.
    We went from antennas to towers with roters to cable, from black & white to colour, from the deep sound of giant speakers to the tinny sound of plastic portables to stereo output (and indeed entire stereos or hi-fi's built in, including turntables).
    I often wish my father could have lived to watch a hockey game on a 60" 4K TV. He was always so "Popular Mechanic" tech-interested, he would have been blown away. Unfortunately, he didn't live to ever see a game in colour.
    I do miss television as fine-furniture though. Those crafted wooden cabinets were so much a part of my childhood...although, like everything, they became cheap veneer or plastic.

    • @kengreene5196
      @kengreene5196 Рік тому +11

      The downside is that only Arnold Schwarzenegger could carry one of those behemoths ANYWHERE!!!!!

    • @PeBoVision
      @PeBoVision Рік тому +5

      @@kengreene5196 To be fair, I need help to move my 60" flatpanel. And my TV stand/cabinet is much heavier than any 60's TV.

    • @drewharrison1840
      @drewharrison1840 Рік тому +6

      I’m not much religious but I like to think pops did get some games on a 60” 4K where ever he’s at

    • @klaasj7808
      @klaasj7808 Рік тому +3

      Can i touch you, you were also on the titanic and omaha beach

    • @PeBoVision
      @PeBoVision Рік тому +8

      @@klaasj7808 in the 1950"s ???????
      And there is a fee for touching.

  • @djmasterbuilder323
    @djmasterbuilder323 2 роки тому +162

    It's been a hundred years that television exists!

  • @Simpple-cm4qh
    @Simpple-cm4qh Рік тому +78

    Maximum respect to those who invented all those models

    • @OmegamonUI
      @OmegamonUI Рік тому +1

      he showa police academy lol and later the bryggen in bergen. but i missed the tv in the end 80s early 90s we had in GDR BRD a brown tv you set the Kanals on tv

  • @jacksonm.6549
    @jacksonm.6549 2 роки тому +136

    I remember as a little boy, the day we got our first ever TV. It was black and white, and there were not that many shows on. I loved the cartoons shown. One day my dad took us to visit a wealthy friend of his, and I saw a colour TV. It was a lot bigger than ours. I was stunned!
    What this video didn't mention was the tuning of channels back in the 90s and before. We had antennaes sticking out the TV, or external ones with cables. The inbuilt antenna had to be adjusted to a certain way to watch each channel (if memory serves me right). So every time you changed channels, you had to readjust the antenna if the new channel was not in some frequency range to the one you had just watched. When we got satellite TV subscription, there was an aerial that had to be put up on the roof. It had a stand and had to face a certain direction in order to watch. It had much clearer audio and video, but when it rained heavily...signal was lost and we could not watch TV.
    The next evolution was the satellite dish we had installed by professionals. These were nailed to the wall, properly calibrated and faced the right direction and performed much better during the rain.
    These days my TV has no cables going to it except the power outlet. WiFi connects it to the internet, my laptop and phone for content. Bluetooth for music. And I carried into my home by myself. TVs back in the 80s and 90s of this screen size would require 2 bodybuilders to get it to my house.

    • @mr.america9806
      @mr.america9806 2 роки тому +5

      Until few years back(till 2009) I used to watch black and white Uptron Tv.
      Till this year a color tv but same thing like big monitor box square rectangular.
      Just now I bought a lcd monitor tv.flat screen.

    • @jacksonm.6549
      @jacksonm.6549 2 роки тому +3

      @@mr.america9806 You must be excited by the new TV. Well done on the progress

    • @mr.america9806
      @mr.america9806 2 роки тому +6

      @@jacksonm.6549 Not really.
      I lost interest in it now.
      I just watch videos and movies on laptop only.Rarely I watch tv for news or sometimes serials.

    • @Jarod-vg9wq
      @Jarod-vg9wq 2 роки тому +2

      Thank you for sharing that story.

    • @vkobevk
      @vkobevk Рік тому

      @@mr.america9806 i agree now i just download my favorite show on my hdd and ssd, but i was like him when i was child, it was special time to watch cartoon at saturday morning, now this time is so far 😊

  • @ridethelapras
    @ridethelapras 2 роки тому +7

    7:42 Great HD there...

    • @Pedro-rh4jp
      @Pedro-rh4jp 6 місяців тому

      QUALITY IN OHIO BE LIKE:

  • @james_day2020
    @james_day2020 2 роки тому +106

    The double sided tv would be awesome for those homes with a large window area between the kitchen and living room!

    • @mackenziebullied4900
      @mackenziebullied4900 2 роки тому +2

      But it would be backwards for the kitchen guys

    • @james_day2020
      @james_day2020 2 роки тому +9

      @@mackenziebullied4900 but it displays a different image on the other side

    • @mackenziebullied4900
      @mackenziebullied4900 2 роки тому +2

      @@james_day2020 ohh i was thinking about that transparent one the Chinese made

    • @james_day2020
      @james_day2020 2 роки тому +1

      @@mackenziebullied4900 ahh lol no prob

    • @poopiepants1564
      @poopiepants1564 2 роки тому +1

      u should make one

  • @TSWSCI
    @TSWSCI 2 роки тому +140

    I'm fascinated with the evolution of Technology. Please do Radio, Aircraft, Computer, Phones, etc

  • @UQRXD
    @UQRXD Рік тому +5

    1920 you watched the TV.
    2020 the TV watches you.

  • @HoldMyBlade
    @HoldMyBlade 2 роки тому +156

    Guys, he remembered his password!! O:

  • @demisemedia
    @demisemedia 9 місяців тому +6

    I recently visited my grandparents at their new house and they have a big super flat tv mounted high up on top the of wall in the living room. It caught me kinda off guard because it seemed a little too modern for my grandparents who are in their early to mid 70s lol! But then I looked through some old photos and saw pics of their old living room set up and it looked so cozy and interesting! The gigantic oak wood cabinets with a phat crt tv in the middle. There was cabinet on the left side which had a vcr, DVD player, stereo system and some other gadgets! It really made me miss those old school entertainment centers that took up an entire wall. Their new living room looks kind of.. minimal now.

  • @intothevoid5074
    @intothevoid5074 9 місяців тому +7

    i still actively use a 42" plasma tv from 2010 as my main tv. sometimes i even use it as a monitor.
    it has worked perfectly for 13 years straight, and i believe it will work perfectly beyond that.

  • @hebneh
    @hebneh 2 роки тому +142

    In the late 1950s, when I was very little, we had a Zenith remote control. Unlike the one shown here, however, I remember ours as having just two buttons instead of four. I think one was on / off, and the other was to change channels. I had no idea that "Mute" buttons existed that long ago.

    • @dlivex9492
      @dlivex9492 2 роки тому +8

      Will you probably haven't known this,like did you know that you can cast your phone to your T.v and watch free movies on your smart T.v,besides going out to a movie theater spending money.

    • @axel3151
      @axel3151 2 роки тому

      @@dlivex9492 wow i totally never knew that

    • @lavestepier
      @lavestepier Рік тому +2

      the zenith was my aunties tv but sadly she threw it away

    • @MrMJmusicLover
      @MrMJmusicLover Рік тому

      @@dlivex9492 Who doesn't know that by now. 😂

    • @ImGoingSupersonic
      @ImGoingSupersonic Рік тому +1

      @@lavestepier cool story

  • @RageTasticc
    @RageTasticc Рік тому +11

    Amazing how TVs evolved from octagons to 70 inch curved real life resolution screens.

  • @leonarddurecki5988
    @leonarddurecki5988 2 роки тому +68

    My family was always behind the times when it came to TVs, I was using a late 90s TV until 5 years ago, I'm currently using a 720p TV from 2016.

    • @gradeasayianwarriorunderae5353
      @gradeasayianwarriorunderae5353 2 роки тому +7

      Lol

    • @intothevoid5074
      @intothevoid5074 2 роки тому +4

      I willingly went backwards in time in terms of TV
      I went from a 2013 or so LED to a 2009 Plasma a few months ago.

    • @MariusBoss11458
      @MariusBoss11458 2 роки тому +4

      Best if you try to go to 1080p, 1440p or 4K. Only when it's necessary though. I can't Believe I had such a Small TV in the control up and I played God of War there. I remember that I played God of War 2 while my dad just bought a TV for themselves. When I got the PS3 that TV Could not Support the HDMI. I don't even know what the hell it had. But I do know about that DVD thing with the "Hits the corner" I Believe I used that to play on the PS2. And for the PS3 I had to go into my Parent's room to play. And that room today? It's supposed to be both the Living Room and the Bedroom. And my room? A Storage room... Yeah. We're selling that Apartment. My dad and many others did a lot of work to it. But I don't wanna say too much. This was just a simple "Buy a 1080 and more TV" to "My life Story" still good though cause or Nostalgia.

    • @poopiepants1564
      @poopiepants1564 2 роки тому +2

      no one cares

    • @waled7564
      @waled7564 2 роки тому +3

      Your family most be poor

  • @darren6951
    @darren6951 Рік тому +5

    I grew up in Bloomington Indiana where the big RCA factory was located. In the lobby entrance they had the very first RCA TV that came off the assembly line on display and it still worked.

    • @lakerskid2013
      @lakerskid2013 Рік тому +1

      I used to live in Princeton for most of my life until I moved up to Indianapolis 5 years ago. Actually as a fun fact, Indy’s main country station Hank FM actually was based in Bloomington first alongside the news stations Fox 59 and CBS 4 but eventually they moved their headquarters from Bloomington to Indy.

  • @greggeverman5578
    @greggeverman5578 11 місяців тому +4

    Those 70s TVs are so cool!

  • @ApolloKid1961
    @ApolloKid1961 Рік тому +9

    A little more technical explanation could have been added:
    In the 1960s the transistor was introduced so that tube lamps were no longer necessary. This made the TV a lot lighter and more energy efficient. In the 1970s, the IC chip was introduced, which allowed multiple channels to be stored and multiple functions. In the 80's LEDs got much better so that the heavy CR tubes could finally be replaced by LED screens. Etc. etc.

  • @hezekiahthompson6817
    @hezekiahthompson6817 2 роки тому +16

    I was born in the '90s, but I always thought that TVs just boom popped up in every home by the '60s then boom here we are, but now I see, like all things, it was and is an evolutionary process. Thank you

  • @hebneh
    @hebneh 2 роки тому +72

    Color TVs went on sale in the USA in the 1950s but they were so expensive that few people bought them, and there were few color TV programs either. These two factors kept color TVs rare. Finally in 1966 all three commercial TV networks in the US shifted all their primetime nighttime shows to color, which in turn got people to buy color TVs.

    • @1970Dobby
      @1970Dobby 2 роки тому +2

      I believe it was 1967, when All 3 Networks switched to All Color Programming!

    • @ttun100
      @ttun100 2 роки тому +5

      NBC was the first network to go to all color. They were owned by RCA who wanted to sell color TV's. ABC followed NBC lead. CBS was the last of the big 3 to go to color. They had most of the top 10 shows at the time and did not think they needed to change over.

    • @nottingtohide
      @nottingtohide Рік тому +1

      We got our first colour tv in England in early 1968, after watching our b-w tv go up in flames. Fire brigade sorted it out. Next day my Dad forked out £300 on a valve Swedish made 26" colour tv, lasted till 1981. BBC1 & ITV were colour, whilst BBC2 still broadcast a lot in b+w till mid-70's. Programming is so awful now, not watched tv at all since mid-00's. Internet is taking over tv, like the 1981 hit 'Video killed the radio star.' Well now 'Internet is killing the tv star.' Holograms are next!

    • @MrMJmusicLover
      @MrMJmusicLover Рік тому

      @@nottingtohide Hologram TV. Imagine watching your favorite movie directly in your Living room space area. 😮

    • @nottingtohide
      @nottingtohide Рік тому

      @@MrMJmusicLover I've read holographic TV has already been perfected, not released public yet. Could be traumatizing. Was reading a science fiction book by Larry Niven mid 80s, where they crashed on a planet, couple survived, but were caught out by the in flight holographic movie with characters shooting at each other.. repeating over again.. till they realized.. 'oh.. just a movie then, we can escape!' Only way to save TV now is to bring out holograms. Think one of the machines is called 'Firesign.' used for large display outdoor events. Would've liked to have seen Pink Floyd use a holographic machine at their concerts.

  • @jerryfacts9749
    @jerryfacts9749 Рік тому +14

    When I started servicing TV sets during the mid to late 1960s the oldest TV sets I serviced were from the early 50s. These TV sets were large and heavy. They used very high voltages and proper precaution had to be taken when servicing them.

  • @garyhoffman503
    @garyhoffman503 8 місяців тому +8

    I really love this. I cannot express my joy for Televsion. So much so back in 2013-14 people were setting their sets outside on the front lawn for pick-up to recycling. It was a shock to me. Then I discoverd a football field of them behind Best Buy. I tok.a few that were very hi-end sets but eventually threw them back to recycle when they were being picked up. It's still upsetting, I really miss what they represented. ❤

    • @jupitersailing
      @jupitersailing 4 місяці тому

      I feel the same as you Gary (am in the UK). Those old tellies will be antiques one day soon, with only specialist, clever engineers able to resolve the inevitable problems. The cabinet style colour tvs we used to see in adverts in American mags like NG and Readers Digest were never sold here, so we just dreamt of them. Oh how I'd love one of those old beauties now. That, to me, was the golden age of television. It was now in lovely UHF colour, with fabulous stereo sound, the cabinet was beautiful, and cable tv was arriving. We were lucky to see those magical times. It was a very upbeat time, especially in the US.

  • @ElisSthlm74
    @ElisSthlm74 2 роки тому +27

    I had no idea that television devices even existed in the 1920s! I wonder how many people had even seen a TV by then, let alone owned one!

    • @ekiander
      @ekiander 2 роки тому +3

      ok

    • @maverick5335
      @maverick5335 2 роки тому +1

      @@ekiander ok

    • @ttun100
      @ttun100 2 роки тому +1

      They had bad picture quality, limited content, and were probably expensive.

    • @ChristmasEve777
      @ChristmasEve777 2 роки тому +4

      @@ttun100 The huge spinning wheel with holes in it was crazy. I'm surprised no one had yet thought of controlling an electron beam with variable electromagnets, which is technically a very simple technology. The idea to encode images and transmit them / decode them was a greater marvel than the displays themselves at the time.
      EDIT: It's always better to think "solid state" if you can. Resort to mechanical if you've exhausted all other methods.

    • @ttun100
      @ttun100 2 роки тому +2

      @@ChristmasEve777 Yeah, the spinning wheel was crazy. To see how TV evolved over the years is really something.

  • @soarornor
    @soarornor 2 роки тому +32

    My fave of all is the 3D TV. Aside from having to wear glasses to get the effect, the actual effect is extraordinary. The rollout however was one of the worst I had ever seen. A lot of the public thought a 3D TV only would play 3D content. None of the stores even bothered to show people how to insert a camera card into the TV to view photos, including those made with new 3D settings on cameras. Never bought a 3D video camera but I would have. Unfortunately it was all over pretty quickly. I scrambled to buy as much 3D content as I could but there sure must have been a lot of people who invested in 3D infrastructure only to have the rug completely pulled by the manufacturers who couldn’t imagine such a stark rejection. I dig it though. A well filmed 3D film is a truly amazing thing to sit down and view.

    • @wh1tewolf4
      @wh1tewolf4 Рік тому +3

      It was the different types of glasses. Sony used active shutter that would only sync to their TV for $100 a pair. They only gave one or two. I had an LG that used passive and those glasses came around at $50 a pair. So I was hesitant to buy more glasses for either to see which one was going to win. Both lost and DirectTV pulled the free 3D channel off the air in less than a year. Also the 3D experience wasn’t the same as in theater.

    • @soarornor
      @soarornor Рік тому +1

      @@wh1tewolf4 Yeah, it’s a shame about the glasses. I still don’t understand the active shutter tech as the experience for me is transparent. But I find it to be as good as the theatre experience. I only saw one movie in 3D at the theatre. That was Hugo. Bought the disc and it is just like the theatre experience except the screen size. I think for home viewing 3D is best on at least a 75” screen. Mine is 65”. But still ok, although I have to sit closer to really feel immersed. I still love the tech though. I wonder if 3D will ever make a comeback in any form. The public seemed mostly uninterested in even bothering. It does amaze me how ready the broadcasters were to roll out 3D broadcasts and how quickly they let go of that.

    • @wh1tewolf4
      @wh1tewolf4 Рік тому +2

      @@soarornor The active tech was battery operated sync to your TV that Sony came out with. It did something that would shut off left eye then right eye. So none 3D viewers can watch the screen without blur, but if you had the 3D glasses, you enjoyed the experience. You had to charge the glasses as well. Passive tech was what other TV manufactures used and didn’t require you to sync your glasses to the TV, but anyone that didn’t want to watch 3D or you didn’t have enough glasses was sh** out of luck.

    • @wh1tewolf4
      @wh1tewolf4 Рік тому +2

      I don’t think manufactures will include 3D as Hollywood has moved off 3D. You can convert movies to 3D but movies are not shot with 3D in mind anymore unless it’s a cartoon.

  • @rickyray2794
    @rickyray2794 Рік тому +4

    That RCA from the 40's with the flat projection screen is pretty impressive.

  • @TheAbsol7448
    @TheAbsol7448 Рік тому +12

    It's a huge shame that CRT screens fell off immediately in the early 2010s. I would've loved to have seen them survive until at least 2015. Imagine consumer sets that use the technology in PVMs and BVMs, and CRT PC monitors that reach 4K and beyond. I'd go nuts under something like that.

    • @skycloud4802
      @skycloud4802 5 місяців тому

      CRT often makes retro video games look better too. Scanlines are underrated.

  • @coleparker
    @coleparker 2 роки тому +33

    One thing in the early to mid 60s, the color tvs did not have deguassers in them. So one you placed in the room it had to stay there, because if moved the colors would go out of whack. Also, any electric motor, eg. in a vaccum cleaner if turned off and on next to it, would do the same thing. I remember as a kid my parents buying our first color TV.

  • @marcmckenzie5110
    @marcmckenzie5110 7 місяців тому +3

    A child of the 1960s, we had a 15” B&W TV at home, and on Sundays all the neighborhood kids gathered a a retired couples house for popcorn and The Wonderful World of Disney on their color console 25” screen. We thought it was amazing - like going to the movies. That was about 1967-68. My family didn’t get a color TV until 1976, an RCA 19” from Sears. My own first unit was a luggable 10” B&W for my college dorm room. Don’t ever start thinking technology has stabilized - it is always evolving! And to think of all the companies that were once common conversation, like RCA, Quasar, Zenith, GE, etc. Now just memories.

    • @joshuariddensdale2126
      @joshuariddensdale2126 6 місяців тому

      My parents were 60s kids. My dad still remembers how he didn't buy a color set until the mid-70s. My first TV was a tiny 13" with a built-in DVD player. I also remember having worked in retail at the time when over the air broadcasts ended around 2007, and if you were still using that, you had to buy a converter box.

  • @illogical1421
    @illogical1421 2 роки тому +16

    The Rollable TV seems to be the closet to what I want for a TV that's physically capable to change it's resolution in order to fit the resution of the content and avoid black bars.

  • @shmookins
    @shmookins 2 роки тому +12

    10:00 The perfect local co-op and LAN gaming solution!

  • @eduardososa843
    @eduardososa843 2 роки тому +3

    6:17 I remember those TVs when I was little

  • @jamesm2078
    @jamesm2078 Рік тому +3

    I just watched some of this for my Communications class and it’s very interesting to see how television has evolved over the decades

  • @christopherjohn8521
    @christopherjohn8521 Рік тому +9

    We rented 42" Panasonic CRT TV's in 1986. It was the latest thing boasting 700 lines of resolution. The biggest problem with it was that it weighed over 150 lbs. At that time DLP rear projected screens came out with a 60"+ screen. They were not very clear and still built like a tank. Plasma TV finally arrived but not hi-Def as they claimed but could make it any size they wanted. Laser Disc then only reproduced 480i at that time with it's 3 Tube rear projector with only 600 lumens. Need a darkened room to have any effect at all on viewability. Today, 8K 100 inch LED's are produced. Some cost more than a new car and I love it! My little story for what it's worth.

  • @alexanderbeckmann6816
    @alexanderbeckmann6816 11 місяців тому +3

    Back then tv was once a week treat bringing together the family.

  • @denisesiddon7241
    @denisesiddon7241 2 роки тому +6

    It's amazing how we've got from wind up TVs to being able to watch this on a phone

  • @christytheexorcist8905
    @christytheexorcist8905 2 роки тому +22

    I like vintage TV, good to keep in haunted houses

    • @MikeJ2023
      @MikeJ2023 2 роки тому

      They’re here.

    • @micai.j8920
      @micai.j8920 2 роки тому

      In my last apartment our Samsung HD flatscreen use to turn on in the middle of the night/after midnight. We moved and it doesn’t do that anymore… Glad we moved to a better place, because there were a lot of other paranormal activity going on 😬

  • @Pixplayer0
    @Pixplayer0 2 роки тому +9

    Me:i wish they still make portable tv's
    meanwhile me: watching in my phone

  • @ryno2376
    @ryno2376 2 роки тому +9

    Meanwhile I'm still here with a CRT Box TV :P

  • @effend446
    @effend446 Рік тому +8

    You forgot one big technological advancement for television in the mid-1980's: Stereo sound. And those who were fortunate to have stereo televisions or provisions to beam stereo audio to their existing television sets, it made for a more theatrical, better entertainment experience.

    • @notmyfault29
      @notmyfault29 Рік тому +1

      As well as plugging into a landline and being able to answer your phone through the TV.

  • @campkohler9131
    @campkohler9131 2 роки тому +20

    Very well researched with obvious help from some high-quality museums. But you forgot the first interactive TV game, the Winky Dink set, consisting of a flexible clear plastic screen overlay and colored crayons. It allowed kids to participate in the on-screen action by drawing things called for by the story, such a a bridge to cross a river, etc. I imagine it would work just fine today on a HD TV if you didn't mind an overlay the size of a bed sheet. :-)

  • @timothystockman7533
    @timothystockman7533 Рік тому +4

    For all intents and purposes, TV was a lab experiment until the mid 1930s, and the audience was very small until after WWII, when it really took off. That's when television started to be recognizable as an early form of what we have today. TV local TV sounded good because the audio used transmitters almost identical to FM, network TV sounded bad because the audio was delivered on 5 kHz dedicated phone circuits. We had color and VTRs in the 1950s. The next big thing was satellite distribution which started in the late 1970s and fixed the audio problem, and ultimately gave us hundreds of channels. Transition to digital and flat screen happened in the early 2000s.

  • @blakespower
    @blakespower 7 місяців тому +2

    also when color TV became "affordable" you usually kept one large Color TV in the living room and you had a smaller black and white TV in your bedroom or the kitchen

  • @HR-wd6cw
    @HR-wd6cw 2 роки тому +41

    Funny to think the flat HD TV (when introduced) would have cost $19k. And yet you can buy ones now for $100-$200. Of course today, most people just watch convent on their smartphone or tablet and I would say fewer people probably have a TV than they did in the 90's and up until about 10 years ago which is probably when TVs peaked. But now you can have the power of a TV in your pocket.

    • @joltjolt5060
      @joltjolt5060 2 роки тому +9

      It's still nice to gather the family and watch a movie together. Remember that?

    • @805910b
      @805910b 2 роки тому

      Your logic is way off man!

    • @baxakk7374
      @baxakk7374 2 роки тому +2

      @@joltjolt5060 Having a big family is quickly becoming a thing of the past. We are getting more loners hooked to internet. All they need is a laptop and a phone.

    • @ttun100
      @ttun100 2 роки тому

      Have to disagree with you on tv ownership. Most sports fans want to watch their teams on a big tv, not a seven inch iphone.

    • @frederickmajang149
      @frederickmajang149 Рік тому

      Nope, tv is still a thing even today, it's not satisfying to watch movies or any videos whatsoever on the small screen phone. I prefer watching my netflix, Disney+ or bluray movies on my 60+inch 4K TV than 5/6 inch small 1080p phone screen.

  • @coldarrxw
    @coldarrxw 2 роки тому +8

    ah yes, thanks for choosing the right giant monitor for me. this is perfect to catch my friends in minecraft doing the demonstration gen 6000.

  • @TheDidymusBrush
    @TheDidymusBrush 2 роки тому +15

    Should probably mention the arrival of PAL in the 1960s, with higher resolution than NTSC. But otherwise, this is great!

    • @Curlyheart
      @Curlyheart 2 роки тому

      Pal sucks

    • @TheDidymusBrush
      @TheDidymusBrush 2 роки тому

      @@Curlyheart haha! I'd love to understand that hatred.

    • @aro4491
      @aro4491 2 роки тому +4

      NTSC = Never Twice the Same Color. NTSC sucked. 525 lines and colour drop out if you lived too far from the transmitter. PAL was superior, with a higher resolution of 625 lines. The US never got PAL which is why this American video probably doesn't mention it. The French had SECAM, which was also fairly rubbish.

    • @ianhemingway9165
      @ianhemingway9165 Рік тому +1

      Well at least our hertz rate is faster

    • @ianhemingway9165
      @ianhemingway9165 Рік тому +1

      We're lapping you in speed!

  • @kimchiman1000
    @kimchiman1000 6 місяців тому +1

    Many thanks for this fascinating look at TV tech over the years.

  • @MisterWolf8888
    @MisterWolf8888 Рік тому +2

    It’s amazing to watch how technology evolves, makes you wonder what will humans make in the next 100 or 200 years

  • @khalidunlimited8125
    @khalidunlimited8125 2 роки тому +8

    Captain Gizmo what is that background instrumental you used? please I've been searching

  • @Dclxvi6x3
    @Dclxvi6x3 11 місяців тому +3

    It's funny how TV pretty much raised me, but now I can't even remember when was the last time I even turned the damn thing on 🤔

  • @SKGaming-133
    @SKGaming-133 Рік тому +2

    Man how lucky we are seeing these all tvs from 90s to now, what a major difference, first we saw tv in black and white and now in ultra hd with colour.

  • @sidneystancatti2599
    @sidneystancatti2599 Рік тому +2

    In 1959, my parents bought a 21" Invictus TV set, which served up the three TV channels of my city (São Paulo, Brazil) at the time until it died away in 1972. Several sets later, in 2013 I bought a huge, heavy-weight (about 150 pounds) 92" Mitsubishi. Granted, it required a specific architectural adaptation to make it flush with the wall. But now, instead of the few local channels of more than six decades ago, I can get the world!

  • @linuxameteur
    @linuxameteur 2 роки тому +8

    The thumbnail made me think the 1920 one was a projector, my surprise when I realized that was the screen 🤯😂

  • @andretaleb666
    @andretaleb666 Рік тому +5

    At the 8th Radio Exhibition in Berlin in 1931, Manfred von Ardenne presented the first electronic television system industrially manufactured by the Loewe company to the public. This is often referred to as the "world premiere of electronic television". A replica of the device is in the German Museum of Technology in Berlin. In December 1930, Ardenne succeeded for the first time in the fully electronic transmission of images using a Braun tube (“picture tube”).

  • @shaynesparkes8740
    @shaynesparkes8740 5 місяців тому +1

    Great content I really enjoyed this video. Amazing how technology has come along. Thank you 😃

  • @Dennis-nc3vw
    @Dennis-nc3vw 7 місяців тому +2

    The fact that we can reproduce any imagine imaginable with a bunch of nearly microscopic colored lights is amazing.

  • @oioikanone
    @oioikanone 2 роки тому +8

    Simultaneously the TV program got worse and worse.

    • @stephencooley5523
      @stephencooley5523 Рік тому +1

      You 100 percent control what programs appear on the TV these days as you can easily put youtube on a TV and make your own content and upload it to youtube. All you need is a video camera. You 100 percent control what programs appear on the TV these days.

  • @tva449
    @tva449 2 роки тому +8

    When i travel in 1912 i will show this video to them before Titanic hitting iceberg will create an Nexus event.

  • @Fox4251
    @Fox4251 Рік тому +2

    That RCA Projection TV has really good resolution being from the 1940s

  • @zaination324
    @zaination324 11 місяців тому +4

    That is terrifying 1:10

  • @lander77477
    @lander77477 2 роки тому +8

    I just bought a used 1997 sony trinitron 9 inch TV off of ebay, Its in great shape. I use it to watch old TV shows. Old TV shows don't look right on a large HD TV, they look blurry and just out of place, but on that old CRT tv they look right at home, and its nostalgic to look at

    • @geymseksion
      @geymseksion 2 роки тому

      Good for you

    • @lander77477
      @lander77477 2 роки тому +2

      @@geymseksion yes it is good

    • @hectorcapistran2169
      @hectorcapistran2169 2 роки тому

      That is true I've been trying to watch old movies from the 1940-60 as well as tv show from the 80s and 90s and they look awful on my 4k tv because they aren't optimized for 4k resolution. So I think I am going to do the same a buy an old school tv.

    • @lander77477
      @lander77477 2 роки тому

      @@hectorcapistran2169 There are tons on ebay. I like the sony brand but anything will do, I suggest getting something with an S-Video input, or maybe a later model CRT with RGB inputs you can input the best signal

    • @michaelbrownlee9497
      @michaelbrownlee9497 Рік тому

      @@lander77477 i had one of those on my sailboat. I later used it with a 5.1 system with dvds in my bedroom. Total immersion. Especially the melo dramatic productions.

  • @CrocoDylianVT
    @CrocoDylianVT Рік тому +3

    4:12 holy shit first ever Gaming TV

  • @jackkreacherr9339
    @jackkreacherr9339 6 місяців тому

    Couldn't live without screens. Cheers to the smart folks creating this stuff.

  • @getafricanized
    @getafricanized Рік тому +1

    In conclusion, whatever u have today, the best is yet to come so chill...🤗

  • @jackalenterprisesofohio
    @jackalenterprisesofohio 2 роки тому +10

    What I really want to know is which crazy person decided to produce a tv show during the 1920s.

  • @bashbrannigan
    @bashbrannigan 2 роки тому +3

    I’m amazed projection TV isn’t mentioned. Ironic is that I watched this video on one with a 100” projected screen. Projectors give huge screens at excellent quality and when 4K makes a legitimate difference.

  • @jackfitzpatrick8173
    @jackfitzpatrick8173 2 роки тому +2

    I remember our first color TV...a 1965 Motorola with a rectangular screen. Today you can get a 4K TV with picture quality so breathtaking that you think that that lion chasing the wildebeest is right in your living room.

    • @kengreene5196
      @kengreene5196 Рік тому

      Yepp! I felt that way when I was bingeing on Alaska, The Last Frontier on my Samsung Q60A. That's how clear and detailed the show looked!

  • @Springy-trapOC42
    @Springy-trapOC42 Рік тому +6

    0:00 intro
    1920s
    0:24 baird model B
    0:33 nipkow disk
    0:44 Baird model B innards
    0:53 Octagon
    1:00 30 scan lines
    1:16 1930s
    1:17 Baird televisor
    1:27 Emivisor
    1:41 Marconi EMI (405 scan lines)
    1:51 1940s
    1:52 Fada
    2:02 RCA Victor
    2:06 RCA projection television
    2:21 Emerson
    2:25 General electric
    2:33 1950s
    2:35 Zenith aldrich
    2:46 Lazy Bones
    3:18 Raytheon rover
    3:30 Bush TV
    3:37 1960s
    3:49 RCA victor (again)
    4:00 1970s
    4:01 Magnavox
    4:13 Motorola quasar
    4:24 JVC
    4:35 Philco
    i’ll edit this later in the replies

    • @theharshtruthoutthere
      @theharshtruthoutthere Рік тому

      When sharing advice/opinions/ about schools and doing drugs:
      Turn your advice about schools around, PARENTS HOMESCHOOL you own offspring, cause the government ain+t caring and have clearly said that many times. About drugs? Correct here, stay away. But there is one big problem none of us take into account: TVs - the most popular drugs in every household. Daily watching TV = doing drugs daily. The MK ULTRA MIND CONTROL - search, soul, and start giving out real valuable advice.
      Stop repeating whatever the TV (most powerful weapon formed against humans minds) spreads.
      And souls, homeschool your offspring fully out from school programs or the home-schooling of yours and homeschooling at all.

  • @LuisRuiz-nw8lt
    @LuisRuiz-nw8lt 2 роки тому +38

    I would love to see a TV with a built-in front camera. To me I think it would be very cool 😊👍🏼

    • @ironmanback
      @ironmanback 2 роки тому +12

      There are already

    • @hahathatisfunnybro
      @hahathatisfunnybro 2 роки тому +7

      Thats pointless tho

    • @brandonlee7382
      @brandonlee7382 2 роки тому +7

      I think that was a trend back when 3d smart tvs were popular

    • @lelandclayton5462
      @lelandclayton5462 2 роки тому +8

      Back when Sony had the PS3 they had a line of TVs that we made for gaming and included a camera on the TV.

    • @scratchpad7954
      @scratchpad7954 Рік тому +3

      You pretty much already have one in your pocket. Even dirt cheap smartphones have them. Unfortunately, there is a concept for a free 4K smart TV called the Telly, and it has a second screen dedicated entirely to showing commercials, even if the main TV has been turned off. I think the company who makes it may already be planning to put a camera in it. As far as I'm concerned, it is basically a smartphone with a 55-inch screen on your wall, all with the added curse of being a complete breach of your right to your online data privacy. What they ask you for should be on an opt-in basis, allowing you to choose if you want to watch over-the-air TV in your area.

  • @JayRudko
    @JayRudko 2 роки тому +4

    Coming up next, and is already here in several markets, is NextGen TV. Also known as ATSC 3.0, it allows for 4K to be broadcast over the air, and provides better reception than the current ATSC 1.0 standard gives us. There's a lot more the system can do, but as stations go on the air with this new standard, you'll learn more about it from the stations.

  • @rlt152
    @rlt152 2 роки тому +2

    Crazy to see how far TV has come

  • @selimfolksong
    @selimfolksong 11 місяців тому +3

    Dear sir thank you very much TV technology good information

  • @amosonyemaenu.1396
    @amosonyemaenu.1396 Рік тому +4

    Imagine taking today's technology to the 20s, who knows what their reactions would be?

  • @Mohamed-zk3on
    @Mohamed-zk3on 2 роки тому +8

    Name of the music in the background please

  • @rakshithkumarms9450
    @rakshithkumarms9450 6 місяців тому

    And now we here watching all these in the portable screen on our hands!❤

  • @DOI_ARTS
    @DOI_ARTS Рік тому +1

    In the last 3 years Ive changed 3 different brand of LCD tv (they break fast) while our 27 years old CRT set is just chilling at the corner still operating when needed.

  • @9852323
    @9852323 2 роки тому +5

    I like how the graph just skips from 1973 to 1998.

  • @juliankasuk47
    @juliankasuk47 2 роки тому +10

    My uncle bought an coloured TV in 1980's as a birthday present for my elder sister when she was small. I was born in mid 1990's and I can first remember watching this TV in early 2000's. Guess what, this TV is still working without any technical problems. The tuning of this TV is like tuning a FM radio but sadly we have to store it away since the TV has only one type of connection from it's antenna or from a receiver in which we can not connect anything from today's technology...

  • @TheTimelessToybox
    @TheTimelessToybox 3 місяці тому +1

    They did the 60’s dirty, also I really wish it explained that tvs where not a common house hold thing until the 50’s and barely anyone had them then. Also a lot of the tvs they show before the 50’s where very rare.

  • @kingalex29339
    @kingalex29339 Рік тому +2

    Missed early 2000’s rear projection CRT’s. Loved mine.

  • @h88937
    @h88937 2 роки тому +5

    I love the 2000 year TVs

    • @rogerbest6097
      @rogerbest6097 2 роки тому +3

      Just imagine how the 3000s TVs are going to be like

  • @pathmapriyanm3001
    @pathmapriyanm3001 2 роки тому +15

    Finally he remembered that he had the youtube channel.

  • @SilentKnight43
    @SilentKnight43 Рік тому +2

    Yep, we were first on the block to have a 52" rear projo Sony flatscreen - which we still have in the basement collecting dust (still works, too). Threw my back out bringing it down the basement stairs years ago. It'll go up the stairs eventually after I take a sledgehammer to it. Comparatively, we currently have a 75" Samsung flatscreen in the living room which I lifted into place myself with no problem - weighs a fraction of that old Sony behemoth.

  • @OrganMusicYT
    @OrganMusicYT 5 місяців тому +1

    The first TV was demonstrated by John Logie Baird in 1926. Here in the UK between then and the 1950s, most people didn't have a TV. Most people couldn't afford one, and most places didn't have a TV signal outside of London until then. It took quite a while for the tech to get going and become a common thing.

    • @TheLordOfNothing
      @TheLordOfNothing 23 дні тому

      Same here in the US. There was AM radio almost everywhere but most of those radio stations didn't start offering a TV station until after WW2.

  • @IndigoXYZ18
    @IndigoXYZ18 2 роки тому +6

    Look into the Looking Glass 3D screen technology. It will be the final iteration of the screen before VR takes over and be the bridge between the real world and the VR world.

    • @poopiepants1564
      @poopiepants1564 2 роки тому

      do u VR doing gay men?

    • @joltjolt5060
      @joltjolt5060 2 роки тому

      Who wants vr? I'm still hating surround sound when it sounds like someone's in the room with you! Looking for mono switch.

  • @michaelcesco2970
    @michaelcesco2970 Рік тому +3

    My mom had a Strombeg-Carlson stereo. It was a beautiful piece of furniture with a great sound and a Magnavox TV with a 30 inch screen. That was before color TV and at that time it was the biggest screen l had ever seen. My dad a Studebaker car. I was too young to know what company made it. That was in my pre - teens when we used telephones that used land lines like Dupont - 12345. I remember this stuff cause l'm in my eighties.

  • @gioyous
    @gioyous 8 місяців тому +2

    4:22 I WANT THIS

  • @michaeloleary1867
    @michaeloleary1867 2 роки тому

    Awesome video!

  • @tsukumoyurika1183
    @tsukumoyurika1183 2 роки тому +3

    nobody talking about how savage the name of the first remote control is? xDDDDDDD

  • @facundobresan1009
    @facundobresan1009 2 роки тому +1

    Fantastic!!! Saludos desde Buenos Aires Argentina.

  • @SpeedyBlur2000
    @SpeedyBlur2000 5 місяців тому

    I was born in 1999, and most if not all of my childhood until I was a teenager was spent watching TV on a CRT. My childhood CRT TV was an RCA model from like 1995 I believe, and it actually lasted a long life, working all the way up until the year 2015, so 20 years later. We weren't using it in its final years often except for when I would plug in my old Sega Genesis, but it still amazes me how long it lasted.
    On another note, we actually had two CRT TV's in our house at one point. The one was the one I just talked about earlier, the RCA one, but the other has a little more of an interesting story to it. You see, when we moved into our new house in March of 2008, we had discovered that somebody left a giant, and I mean GIANT, widescreen CRT television. I mean, it was fucking massive, it had to weigh over 500 pounds. It was almost like it belonged in a home theater setup. We kept and used that TV for a number of years until we had gotten our first ever HD flat screen TV in the early 2010's. That's what seems so surreal, how for the first like 12 years of my life, was me watching TV, including cartoons, movies, and commercials, on either a small black CRT upstairs, or a massive widescreen, movie-like experience downstairs in the basement.

  • @oklahomasoonersfootball
    @oklahomasoonersfootball Рік тому +3

    Good video thank you very much. hope you have a good day.

  • @swiftplays5374
    @swiftplays5374 2 роки тому +8

    7:22 what th-

  • @ihatemyjob9502
    @ihatemyjob9502 Рік тому +1

    We need to be more grateful 4 k tvs are amazing than what was shown in the past

  • @nathandwelley8516
    @nathandwelley8516 Рік тому +1

    I used to own that Panasonic tv included at 6:15 when I was younger. I grew up watching that tv!

  • @Dedicated2WendyWilliams
    @Dedicated2WendyWilliams Рік тому +3

    oddly satisfying