History of television History of television (405-line) 405 line is the name of a monochrome analogue television broadcasting system in operation in the UK between 1936 and 1985, and also used for some time in Ireland and Hong Kong. The system was invented in 1934 by Alan Dower Blumlein of the EMI Research Team led by Sir Isaac Shoenberg. The 405 scanning lines are roughly equivalent in modern terminology to a vertical resolution of 360 pixels. ...more on Wikipedia about "405-line"
Alexandra Palace was built on a hill in Muswell Hill in North London in 1873 as a public entertainment centre. It is now a conference centre operated by a charitable trust. It was nicknamed "The People's Palace" or "Ally Pally", and in 1936 became the headquarters of world's first regular public "high definition" television service, operated by the BBC. The Alexandra Palace Transmitter is located on the site and still broadcasts television and radio signals. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alexandra Palace"
Analog(ue) television encodes television picture information as an analog signal, that is, by varying the voltages and/or frequencies of the signal. All systems preceding digital television can be considered analog. ...more on Wikipedia about "Analog television"
Digital television (DTV) uses digital modulation and compression to broadcast video, audio and data signals to television sets. ...more on Wikipedia about "Digital television"
:For a fuller account, see the television entry. ...more on Wikipedia about "History of television"
John Logie Baird ( August 13 1888 – June 14 1946) was a Scottish engineer, who is best known for being the first person to demonstrate a working television. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Logie Baird"
This page indexes the individual year in television pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of years in television"
Mechanical television was a television system that uses mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mechanical television"
The Museum of Broadcast Communications is located in Chicago, Illinois. Its mission is "to collect, preserve, and present historic and contemporary radio and television content as well as educate, inform, and entertain through our archives, public programs, screenings, exhibits, publications and online access to our resources." It is one of only three broadcast museums in America and home to the nation’s only Radio Hall of Fame. ...more on Wikipedia about "Museum of Broadcast Communications"
The East Coast branch of The Museum of Television and Radio is located in the heart of Midtown Manhattan in New York City ( USA). The West Coast branch is located near Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California. This museum is committed to the idea that every television program is a work of art to be preserved for posterity's sake. Instead of being a museum of artifacts and memorabilia, the museum is mostly comprised of screening rooms. The features exhibited range from lost episodes of classic television shows, to documentary features about the history and impact of television and radio. ...more on Wikipedia about "Museum of Television and Radio"
The National Museum of Photography, Film and Television (NMPFT) is part of the British National Museum of Science and Industry, and was founded in 1983. It is located in a former cinema on a hilltop location in the centre of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. ...more on Wikipedia about "National Museum of Photography, Film and Television"
A Nipkow disk is a mechanical, geometrically operating image scanning device (by itself, it performs neither image acquisition or reproduction), invented by Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, which was primarily used as a fundamental component in mechanical television. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nipkow disk"
(Timeline of the BBC) * 1922 ...more on Wikipedia about "Timeline of the BBC"
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