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The Philco Safari is recognized by virtually all collectors and publications throughout the world to be the "first" transistor television.

If you want to argue schematics, then the Casio TV 10, introduced in 1983 was the first full solid state television in production. It used a passive LCD to display a black and white (or in this case, shades of gray) image.


*Edit March 27, 2010 The Seiko TV watch was introduced in summer of 1982. It was in two parts, the watch and a "Walkman" like receiver that received TV and FM. The watch TV display was nematic liquid crystal, 16.8 mm (V) X 25.0mm (H). The watch also had a secondary display above the main for time functions. A cable connected the two and the ear phones acted as the antenna. It could be argued that this device was the first full solid state television in production.