1884
The first electromechanical television was proposed and patented by Paul Julius Gottlieb Nipkow. Nipkow never built a working model of the electromechanical television. 1888 Liquid Crystals were accidentally discovered by Friedrich Reinitzer. Liquid crystals were a scientific curiosity for about 80 years before they were used to build liquid crystal displays (LCD). 1925 John Logie Baird was the inventor who built the world’s first working television system. The world’s first working television system was electromechanical. |
1928 The world’s first successful color transmission by John Logie Baird. The color transmission was made using an electromechanical television system. The first working electronic television (all-electronic) was built by Philo Taylor Farnsworth. The electronic television (all-electronic) system did not use or have the motor-generator that was used in the electromechanical television systems. 1936 The world’s first analog high definition TV (HDTV or HD) regular service was started in Britain. 1964 The first working liquid crystal display (LCD) was built by George H. Heilmeier. The original LCD displays were based on what is called dynamic scattering mode (DSM). |
1988
The Sharp Corporation develops the world’s first 14-inch color TFT LCD TV. The LCD TV model was called the Crystaltron. 1996 The first public digital high-definition television (HDTV or HD) broadcast in the United States. The official US public launch of the HDTV digital broadcasting system is technically considered to be 1998. |