Philo Taylor Farnsworth was an American inventor and television pioneer. He made the critical contributions to electronic television that made possible all the video in the world today. He is best known for his 1927 invention of the first fully functional all-electronic image pickup device, the image dissector, as well as the first fully functional and complete all-electronic television system. Farnsworth developed a television system complete with receiver and camera—which he produced commercially through the Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation from 1938 to 1951, in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Farnsworth in 1936
Philo Farnsworth in the National Statuary Hall Collection, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.
Statue of Philo T. Farnsworth at the Letterman Digital Arts Center in San Francisco
Farnsworth's house in Fort Wayne
Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set, rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. The medium is capable of more than "radio broadcasting", which refers to an audio signal sent to radio receivers.
Flat-screen television receivers on display for sale at a consumer electronics store in 2008
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Vladimir Zworykin demonstrates electronic television (1929).
Manfred von Ardenne in 1933