Saturday, February 19, 2011

Museum of TV

Ah the history of tv or also known the idiot box. People consider it the greatest invention known to man, but given when it was originally invented it almost didn't make it to the common house hold. As most people know the tv didn't dominate until the 1950's because of the obvious reason, but it came close thanks to the events during the late 1930's.

Tv maybe considered one of the greatest invention, but came at the worst possible time. Radio has already been with public for years providing information to its views and affordable to anyone. In fact, before different broadcasts, the poor, middle, and rich class would listen to the same information regardless of the type of radio they have purchased. This was one of the few events where everyone was considered equal. By the time tv came to life, the Great Depression took affect around the global. Being also known as radio with images, it was considered too expensive and had little to offer of its time. Because of this radio kept dominating until the 1950's when the cold war began.

The site called www.mztv.com (also called Museum of Television) gives information of the history of tv, events that revolves around tv, and design structure of the main brand tvs that were released every year. I gotta say some of the tv designs are actually better than the current ones we have, but of course they are not as strong so unfortunately they don't exist anymore. Other that the site is pretty straight forward and tells the events that revolves around tv.

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