Television Technology
From Nipkow's spinning disk to 4K HDR displays, television evolved from mechanical curiosity to the dominant mass medium of the 20th century. Explore how humanity learned to capture, transmit, and display moving pictures.
Explore Television History
1884-1940s
Mechanical TV
Nipkow disks, John Logie Baird, spinning scanning mechanisms
1927-1950s
Electronic TV
Philo Farnsworth, CRT, electron beams, image dissector
1940s-1990s
Color Television
NTSC, PAL, SECAM, the color wars, compatibility
1990s-Present
Digital Television
ATSC, DVB, compression, HDTV, 4K, smart TV