Introduction
Television is currently one of the most popularly used modes of electronic form of communication. It entails the transmission of both sound and light, enabling visualization of the information being communicated. This technology has developed over time to currently offer both life and recorded transmissions.
Television is currently used for purposes like information as relates to news broadcasting, entertainments ranging from sports to artistic production in dramas, movies and music to commercial use in advertising. Among popular advancements after invention is the development from black and white to colored televisions, from analogue to digital transmissions as well as the introduction of the 3D televisions.
This paper seeks to discuss the advancements in television. This paper will discuss the advancement of television, the time period for the advancement invention and factors that led to the advancements. It will also discuss how the advancement affected art and how it has evolved over time as well as its effects over later times and its relation to humanities.
Television Advancements
Discovery of TV
According to Greenlee (2010), in his book “The man who invented television”, television was invented by a Scottish national by the name John Logie Baird. The invention is attributed to Baird individually as opposed to a corporate discovery sponsored by an organization under a well established research.
Baird was a man from a humble background but his own efforts saw him through self motivated learning process like learning foreign languages for instance he learnt French by himself. Greenlee (2010) claimed that this invention was made in the early 1920s.
The invention by Baird could therefore be attributed to his curiosity and intent to learn that saw him transverse different fields including religion, linguistics and even medicine. The invention by Baird improved to a great extent the value in communication. No doubt, the art of comedy and other artistic forms especially those with emotional themes got a great boost from this discovery (Greenlee, 2010).
According to TVhistory (n.d.), the first TV, a mechanical one used in America in the year 1927 involved both wire and radio circuits. The subsequent years saw continuous improvements in television sets production and transmissions that greatly improved the services in terms of picture clarity as well as advanced transmission modes. The improvements occurred simultaneously in different countries including the USA and a number of European nations (TV history, n.d.).
Colored TVs
One of the developments on TV was the introduction of colored television sets. The invention began as early as 1925 but the first authorized broadcast based on “RCA’s” inventions was done in December 1953. David Johnson in his article, “Recent Technological Advancements in Television” indicates the first major improvement as being the shift from black and white to colored television broadcast (Johnson, 2011).
After the Second World War, Americans saw the need to take time and relax. There was a need for some sort of entertainment and thus it has been viewed that this need led to the circumstance that led to the invention. This saw test colored broadcasts done by 1951 (Bellis, 2010).
It however had effects ranging from low quality programming to all day news broadcasting though people were happy with the improvement. There was a change which led to consequent transmission from the highly trained actors who performed in the black and white and with the advancement in the quality of the transmission then entertainment was upgraded to a high level (Johnson, 2011).
Advancement in the TV technology was the invention of the 3D TV. The discovery can be attributed to desire to know more and to have new and more efficient goods. The 3D TV which is seen as a basis for entertainment has over time developed from film halls to home based entertainments.
Among the developments is the advancement from wearing 3D glasses that were in paper form to the current digitally formatted glasses. In its three main models,” plasma, LED and LCD”, It has improved TV production to wider and advanced viewing content. This is seen as a move to improved art, an important aspect of humanity (Severn, 2011).
Digital TVs
Digital TV is also an inclusive development in the TV technology. It was one of the achievements in the TV advancements. Bringing in “shaper pictures”, more “quality sound” and even better “color images”, it is viewed as one of the greatest achievements since the development of the colored TV.
Its establishment also saw the global advocacy for a change from analogue TV transmission to a digital form. Like other developments, it is an attraction of the public at large to view televisions. The development of TV products of high quality enhanced art production thus enhancing the quality of TV shows (Kruger and Guerrero, 2002; TV history, n.d.).
Liquid Crystal Display
TV development has also included the introduction of the “liquid crystal display” television. The development that was launched in 2002 TV manufacturers including “Panasonic, Hitachi, Sony, Philips and Toshiba” among others also took the technology to another level.
It was, according to Joy (2011), the competition among the manufacturers and the need to create more customer satisfaction that made it possible for the TV to develop (Joy, 2011). Further advancements were initiated to develop the LCD properties in terms of utility. With its advanced features like “consumer electronic control” and “x.v.colour” support it is seen as the perfect ever available product in the TV industry.
Developments are still ripe in this technological advancement. In view of the fact that it has brought better quality in the communications industry, it is a source of attraction of viewers to the artistic products. This as a result is a boost in the industry increasing artists’ income, a motivation to more commitment hence greater level of creativity. Also significant in the technological advances in the TV manufacture is the invention of remote control in the 1950s, a move that increased comfort in viewing TV (Jezek, 2006).
Conclusion
With its invention in the early 1900s, TV improved communications in many aspects with significant beneficiaries being artists in the mass communication field as well as the manufacturers and consumers. The artists had their productions presented to audience in a more satisfying way while the consumers had a more satisfying reception of the presentations.
The advancement in this technology has gone through a variety of inventions including the introduction of colored TV sets, 3D TV, digital TV and among others. The inventions were majorly initiated by the desire to improve the art of customer satisfaction in mass communication as well as in the TV set manufacturers. In their discoveries, the various advancements occurred over a period of time and they all related satisfaction either in the quest for knowledge or to meet people’s expectations or demands.
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