According to Osborne (2010), Paul Nipkow, a German was the first person to transmit pictures over wires. He used the scanning principle developed by a rotating disc technology in 1884. The Nipkow’s scanning floppy thought was developed by John Logie Baird in the 1920’s, which led to development in electronics. He patented the idea of using arrays of transparent rods for television images transmission.
In 1923, Charles Francis had helped in transmission of mobile images (silhouette) – this used a system of mechanical television. Vladimir Zworykin (Russian) improved his own cathode ray tube in 1929.
In 1948, multiple contributions were made by Louis Parker, who developed the idea of the modern Television. Later major inventions were made on color television and cable television (1953), remote controls (1956), plasma televisions (1964), and web television (1996).
According to Street (2006), Paul Nipkow developed the Nipkow disc in 1884, which was capable of transmitting pictures by use of a cable. More innovations were made in 1920’s. By then, John Baird used a collection of clear bars for delivering images, and they were protected by law.
He had started his studies in 1924 and in 1927 – the first complete electronic television was designed by Philo Farnsworth. Werner Flechsig in 1938 patented a modern signal analog color television.
Dumont Company in 1939 became the first company to start manufacturing television sets and became the first television network in 1946. In addition, Goldmark delivered a color Television in the same year – this television could deliver images in blue, red, and green colors, by help of a cathode ray pipe.
The development of the television set is quite a complex series of events, and saying that one particular man may have invented the television is an overstatement since many contributed and improved on the works and inventions made in earlier times. In Ingram (2006), the media have come through a lot of changes.
From the times of 15th Century when Johann Gutenberg rediscovered printing work in Europe to today when internet is the new and biggest source of information.
The media have transformed in a big way since then, a couple can receive messages at the comfort of their living rooms from the times when messages were sent because of emergencies to a time when messages are easy to send. In the earlier times, it was hard to send a message for its expense of time.
A letter sent across the Atlantic Ocean took ages to sail across just because there was no other means for transportation. The recent transformations have allowed easier ways of dissemination of information.
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