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                                                  The History of TV




















             1928 - General Electric made the first   1936 - This television increased the   1954 -  RCA produced an expensive
             mechanical television and introduced it   image by adding a lens to make it 8   TV, which was $7850 in today's money.
             to people. Spinning wheels powered the   inches, and it played at 25 frames per   People could see the images in all their
             TV at that time.                second.                          colours.
             1930 - People began to buy tube   1946 - Philo Farnsworth invented the   1958 - This TV's style is well known
             televisions for the first time. It   RCA 630 TV in 1939. It became very   for its futuristic design. It had a 21-inch
             transmitted the first wireless moving   popular in 1946, right after World War   screen. It was the widest screen at that
             images. It played the world's first live   II. It had a 10-inch screen and weighed   time.
             TV broadcast. It was a play named The   about 38 kilos.          1981 - The Japanese developed the
             Man with a Flower in His Mouth.                                  first HDTVs for the first time.




















             1998 - People witnessed the first flat-screen television. It had a VCR and a DVD player. It had many more channels, and the screen
             size was largely increased and improved.
             2007 - The televisions were flat and had high resolution, one of the first of their kind with plasma.
             2012 - Samsung introduced Smart TVs. They can connect to the Internet, have multiple apps, and have 3D features.
             2013 - Samsung and LG introduced the first curved screens, which gave the perfect viewing angle at any spot. It is over a hundred
             times faster than LED TVs and has incredibly consistent contrast. It also includes a new smart remote with gesture and voice
             control. Basically, the curved TV is supposed to be better in every way.


          A  Read the information about the history of TV and write true / false in the blanks.

             1   The first TV was powered by a steam engine in 1928.                         _______________________

             2   People witnessed the tube television after they experienced flat-screen TV.  _______________________


             3   People saw some images on TV with in colour in 1954.                        _______________________

             4   In 1946, they produced a lighter TV.                                        _______________________

             5   The origin of high-definition television is Japan.                          _______________________

             6   Curved-screen televisions are popular because of their perfect view.        _______________________


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