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1938-1949
1949- 1965
1966-1990
1990-2000
2001-2011
100
Thomas Edison patents this in 1887.
What is the motion picture camera?
100
CBS broadcasts the first of these June 21, 1952 but Viewers of 12 million existing sets see only a blank screen.
What is the first color program?
100
In 1977 more than 75% of TV-equipped homes are able to receive this on one or more sets.
What is color?
100
In 1996 these hit the market at 18 inches in diameter. They become the biggest selling electronic item in history next to the VCR.
What are digital satellite dishes?
100
2003 these are released, allowing total digital recording directly to disk in the MPEG2 format.
What is a DVD camcorder?
200
1895 First public demonstration of these took place in France.
What are motion pictures?
200
I1957 an October report in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Dr. Meyer Naide identifies this as causing blood clots that result from watching TV too long.
What are "television legs"?
200
In 1978 viewers were able to participate in public opinion polls by punching buttons in their homes. Warner ended the experiment in 1984.
What is an interactive/video system?
200
In 1997 this is introduced as a new, higher definition, digital recording format. Perfect copies can be made from them without loosing any quality.
What is Mini DV?
200
These are released in the middle of 2006 and can hold up to 27 GBs of data.
What are Blue-Ray DVDs?
300
1927 the first of these began with Al Jolson in "The Jazz Singer."
What are talking films?
300
In 1956 this is introduced by Ampex Corp. at a CBS-TV affiliates' session.
What is videotape?
300
In 1980 this makes its debut in August.
What is MTV: Music Television?
300
In 1999 Sony releases this and the world prepares for Y2K.
What is Digital 8 format?
300
2007 time was running out on Analog TV's as the FCC deadline approaches and by 2009 all broadcasts are to be replaced by this.
What is Hi-def format?
400
In 1945 fewer than 7,000 working of these in the country (USA).
What are TV set?
400
In 1963 TV surpasses this as an information source for the first time.
What is the newspaper?
400
More than 50% of U.S. households are now wired for this.
What is cable?
400
2000 became known as the year of this and they become as common as VHS.
What is the Digital Disc aka DVD?
400
In 2009 these provided a way of integrating the web with TV. "NetFlix", "YouTube" and other providers stream the info to the set and allow you to watch Internet programming at the touch of your televisions remote control.
What are Internet Widgets?
500
In 1949 U.S. Dept. of Commerce confirms this.
What is TV's selling power?
500
This adds a new dimension to televised sports when it's featured in a telecast of an Army-Navy football game. In 1964, it becomes a standard technique and goes on to become controversial in the NFL.
What is instant replay?
500
Widespread use of these zap away at the TV viewing audience. At the start of the year, almost 60% of TV households have one.
What are VCRs?
500
In 2000 Sony introduces this and you can now record directly on a CD from a camcorder.
What is CDCam video format?
500
2010 these became common place in movie theatres and can now be viewed at home thanks to innovative television.
What are 3D movies and 3D television set?