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Old 07-01-2011, 11:04 AM
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REAL TVs have TUBES!
 
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The concept was first demonstrated by Bakewell in England in 1847, but that was more of a fax machine than a TV (it was called "still television"). In 1884, Paul Nipkow demonstrated the scanning disk TV system, and John L. Baird basically made it all work. There were many many other inventors involved, and no single man can be credited with the invention of TV, IMHO. CERTAINLY NOT the abominable David Sarnoff and his clan of mobsters known as RCA.

Charles
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