Hitachi Black and White Television

Televisions nowadays are all in the form of LCD, LED and even 3d. In this post, I will feature one of the black and white television used in the in the 1960s to 1970s. I chanced upon this beautiful working set at a shop one day, and decided to buy it to add to my collection.

Television History
1880s to 1899	Period of Dreams, Concepts and Initial Discoveries
1900	The word "Television" is first used
1922 to 1927	Early Experiments with a MECHANICAL scanning disc system. TV Picture is neon orange and very small.
1928 to 1934	First Mechanical TV Sets sold to public -- At the peak, 42 US stations were in operation using the Jenkins system. However, picture quality is lacking. Not suitable for commercial use. Electronic TV offers greater promise.
1926 to 1935	Early Experiments with All-Electronic Cathode Ray Television (the basic system we have today)
1935 to 1941	Electronic (Experimental) TV begins broadcasting in Germany, England, Italy, France, USA, Holland, etc.
Early 1940s	Work begins on CBS Mechanical Color Television
1-Jul-41	Electronic (Commercial) Black & White Television begins broadcasting in United States
1942 to 1945	World War-II halts all TV sales and most all public broadcasting.
Late 1946	First American Post War TV set is RCA 630-TS (Less than 7,000 TV sets in USA, pre WW-II)
25-Jun-51	First Mechanical Color Television Set Placed on Market (CBS-Columbia) at $499.95.
20-Oct-51	Mechanical CBS Color TV Broadcasting ends forever
May-54	First All-Electronic Color Television Set is RCA CT-100, selling at $1,000
1987	Japanese demonstrate ANALOG high-definition TV system (called MUSE)
1990	General Instrument's Video Cipher division announces DIGITAL Hi-Definition System
1995	Congress Passes the Telecommunications Act of 1995, replacing the old 1934 laws
Late 1990s	Internet, World-Wide-Web explodes onto the scene -- ushering in new global communications for the 21st century!