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H<strong>is</strong><strong>to</strong>ry of Telev<strong>is</strong>ionJohn Logie Baird: A Scott<strong>is</strong>h inven<strong>to</strong>r who created the first mech<strong>an</strong>ically sc<strong>an</strong>nedtelev<strong>is</strong>ion device in 1923. H<strong>is</strong> thirty-two line TV had better resolution th<strong>an</strong> the firstattempts at electric telev<strong>is</strong>ion.Vladimir Zworkykin: <strong>The</strong> inven<strong>to</strong>r of <strong>an</strong> improved cathode-ray tube he called the“iconoscope” <strong>that</strong> <strong>is</strong> the bas<strong>is</strong> for the CRTs still used <strong>to</strong>day in telev<strong>is</strong>ion sets <strong>an</strong>d m<strong>an</strong>y<strong>com</strong>puter moni<strong>to</strong>rs. He <strong>is</strong> considered one of the fathers of electronic telev<strong>is</strong>ion.Cathode-ray tube (CRT): A device still used in most telev<strong>is</strong>ion screens <strong>an</strong>d <strong>com</strong>putermoni<strong>to</strong>rs, in which electrons are tr<strong>an</strong>smitted <strong>to</strong> a screen for viewing.Philo T. Farnsworth: Tr<strong>an</strong>smitted the first wireless electronic image (a dollar sign)

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