WebTV

“Zenith Electronics is planning a television set that will incorporate a microprocessor and modem, as well as technology developed by Diba Inc. that allows viewers to surf the Web via a remote control device.”  – Wall Street Journal, May 10 1996 Edition

WebTV was invented (I’d rather say that the technology was developed) in 1996 by Diba Inc and Zenith…

Television Remote Control

It was in June of 1956, that the practical television remote controller first entered the American home. However, as far back as 1893, a remote control for television was described by Nikola Tesla in U.S. Patent 613809. The Germans used remote control motorboats during WWI. In the late 1940′s the first non-military uses for remote controls appeared for…

Photophone

On June 3, 1880, Alexander Graham Bell transmitted the first wireless telephone message on his newly invented “photophone.” Bell believed the photophone was his most important invention. The device allowed for the transmission of sound on a beam of light. Of the eighteen patents granted in Bell’s name alone, and the twelve he shared with his collaborators, four were…

Liquid Crystal Display – LCD

An LCD or liquid crystal display is a type of flat panel display commonly used in digital devices, for example: digital clocks, appliance displays, and portable computers.

How an LCD Works According to a PC world article, liquid crystals are liquid chemicals whose molecules can be aligned precisely when subjected to electrical fields, much in the way metal shavings…

Digital Camera

Digital camera technology is directly related to and evolved from the same technology that recorded television images. In 1951, the first video tape recorder (VTR) captured live images from television cameras by converting the information into electrical impulses (digital) and saving the information onto magnetic tape. Bing Crosby laboratories (the research team funded by Crosby and headed by…

Color Television

The Development of Color Television A German patent in 1904 contained the earliest recorded proposal for a color television system. In 1925, Zworykin filed a patent disclosure for an all-electronic colour television system. Both of these systems were not successful, however, they were the first for color television. A successful color television system began commercial broadcasting, first authorized by…

Closed Captioning

Closed captions are captions that are hidden in the video signal, invisible without a special decoder. The place they are hidden is called line 21 of the vertical blanking interval (VBI). A law in the United States called the Television Decoder Circuitry Act of 1990 mandates since July 1993, that all televisions manufactured for sale in the U.S….

Larry King Biography (1933-)

Name at birth: Lawrence Harvey Ziegler Larry King is one of the most recognized broadcasters in the world, thanks to his daily talk show on CNN television, Larry King Live. King began his broadcasting career in Miami, Florida in 1957. By the early 1970s he was an all-around media personality, doing television and radio shows as well as writing a…

How to Where to Donate a TV

There are many organizations and charities that could benefit from a donation of your television, and the best places to start looking are your local chapters and organizations. Some charities will use your donation directly, while others will sell your television at a discount and apply the income toward community-outreach programs.

Instructions

Step 1 Donate a TV to…

Glenn Beck Biography (1964-)

Television and radio talk show host. Born February 10, 1964, in Mount Vernon, Washington. A leading voice among the political right, Glenn Beck has created one of the more controversial and lucrative media brands in the talk show business, outflanked only in ratings and dollars by Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh. Beck’s folksy, passionate style has landed his syndicated…

Wendy Williams Biography (1964-)

Television and radio talk show host, author. Born July 18, 1964, in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Wendy Williams’ oversized, brash personality made her a force on the New York City FM airwaves. Williams is now the host of the BET television program, The Wendy Williams Show.

From an early age, Wendy stood out. One of three children born to Thomas…