No sir, you are incorrect. It was invented 95 years ago and became available for most families 85 years ago.
Here are the details:
When did TV become available to the public?
The First Television Sets in America were shown off to the public in September, 1928.
It would take until 1938, however, before American electronic television sets were produced and released commercially. They were an instant hit after release.
Just asked my Dad when he first saw a TV. He was born in February 1939 and the first TV he saw he thinks was in 1949 or 50. His family got their first TV when he was around 15. He grew up in a middle class family in Detroit.
My mother was born in 1923 and she was one of 10 children born to European immigrants who raised them on a farm in Pennsylvania. Her dad also worked in the steel mill. She remembered they were able to bring electricity to the farm sometime in the late 1930s. She remembers there was a TV in the home by the time she married in 1943. (She's dead now, but I remember her stories.)
So, TV was invented, but not everyone got one in their home for various reasons. Most relied on the radio and newspapers for their news. The TV became more popular as time went on and more people saved up to buy this new 'luxury'.
No sir, you are incorrect. It was invented 95 years ago and became available for most families 85 years ago.
Here are the details:
When did TV become available to the public?
The First Television Sets in America were shown off to the public in September, 1928.
It would take until 1938, however, before American electronic television sets were produced and released commercially. They were an instant hit after release.
Just asked my Dad when he first saw a TV. He was born in February 1939 and the first TV he saw he thinks was in 1949 or 50. His family got their first TV when he was around 15. He grew up in a middle class family in Detroit.
My mother was born in 1923 and she was one of 10 children born to European immigrants who raised them on a farm in Pennsylvania. Her dad also worked in the steel mill. She remembered they were able to bring electricity to the farm sometime in the late 1930s. She remembers there was a TV in the home by the time she married in 1943. (She's dead now, but I remember her stories.)
So, TV was invented, but not everyone got one in their home for various reasons. Most relied on the radio and newspapers for their news. The TV became more popular as time went on and more people saved up to buy this new 'luxury'.