Color Television
First, I would like to define what color television is and then give some background history. Color television is a television transmission technology that includes information on the color of the picture, so the video image can be displayed in color on the television set. There was time when television wasn't what it is today. Before many of us were born, the earliest television technology, which was the monochrome or black and white television. The black and white sets displayed images of grey and the monochrome sets showed rapid colors of red, green and blue which together showed images of color. Many of the T.V.'s were floor models or tabletop bulky sets. Television was upgraded from the black and white screen to color in the 60's and 70's. The invention of color television and its standards are an important part of television history.
Second, I will explain how color television had an impact in the 1950's. Television struggled to become available world-wide during the early 50's. Even in the 40's there were only 3
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The major change in television happened when AT&T installed cables from coast to coast, which allowed for the transmission of signals, resulting in thousands of calls being made as well as T.V. signals to view many shows that we all love today. People heard and viewed events all at the same time. They could experience and react together when events or tragedies happened. Any cultural differences no longer existed since shows weren't only in black and white. Many different cultures were able to learn about each other through shows or documentaries. During the late 60's, household's that had televisions rose tremendously. These opened doors for a wider variety of shows such as comedies, cartoons, westerns, talk-shows, elections just to name a few. Also this opened doors for many actors and actresses that we watch and follow
Before we television existed people had to depend on Radio stations to receive there little bit of entertainment and news. But in 1878, the invention of TV began. The first TV made didn’t look anything like the way TV’s look today, it was a mechanical camera with a large spinning disc attached to it (Kids Work). But as over the years, of course inventions of different TV’s progressed and by the 20th century about 90 percent of our population had a TV in their household(). Television today is mainly used for people take a break from their life by relaxing and enjoying some entertainment.
about. The 1940’s and 1950’s marked the era in which television really began to take hold in the
Movies expanded throughout the decade as well as cable such as MTV. Music videos also became popular. Many networks such as ESPN, Nickelodeon, and CNN became trendy. Madonna and Michael Jackson were major music stars. The VCR became a device people could turn to for recording shows. The people liked many of the social changes because of entertainment and technology advances.
During the 1960’s everything was done through the papers. Every piece of the news from around the world that involved any type of news reporting came from newspapers. The newspaper also was a way of entertainment for adults and children until the birth of the television. Television in the 1960’s was black and white because color television was not invented yet. The generations
In the 1960’s television and music experienced many changes. Music experienced new artists, different genres and exciting musical festivals. Television introduced different genres that range from daytime talk shows to sitcoms that portrayed the average American family. During this time period America improved in a lot of ways due to the music that people listened to and the television shows that were aired.
Television shows would not be as accomplished as they are today without the power of mass media. After the second world war ended in 1945, television set sales boomed. Because of this, the 1950s was known as the “Golden Age of Television.”
Then in 1906, Philo Taylor Farnsworth who was twenty-one years old at that time invented electrical Television on September 7th, 1927. During that time, electrical television was still black and white; later on colour television was first introduced in the United States in 1953. Television moved from just news and silent films to soap operas, cartoons, music videos and other types of informational and entertainment things which influences us positively and negatively.
The 1950s had many impacts in the United States that changed the ways things are now. In the 1950s there was many inventions that were made but the one that changed america was The TV. The TV allowed people to catch up with things that were happening in the world and they were able to watch TV shows such as "I love Lucy", "Leave It To Beaver", "Father Knows Best", and " The Honeymooners". These shows were "entertainment" but however some of the TV shows were inappropriate for kids and even adults. Intersections and highways were the next attraction to the folks in the 1950s. This changed many ways for them to travel and go places, get there fast and it changed the transportation of cars in general. A very important war that is not talked about
For Americans, the 1960’s were a time of both unnerving turmoil and exciting change. Following on the heels of the 1950’s themes of tradition and conformity, the contrasting events and attitudes in the sixties constituted a perfect storm leading to a reconstruction of American social, cultural, and political ideals. Although each decade has experienced identifying features, events occurring during the sixties provided for a definitive coming of age era for the United States. While much of this revolution can be attributed to the events themselves, the medium used for disseminating these ideas bears some of the responsibility. Throughout the decade television replaced radio and newspaper as the primary source of news and entertainment.
“At the start of the decade, there were about 3 million TV owners; by the end of it, there were 55 million, watching shows from 530 stations“ (Wiegand). Before TV, people had to travel to the movies to see moving pictures. Television provided more intimacy within families than film. Families could gather around the set and
When the television set first came out fully around the 1930’s, it only offered a few shows; a child’s program, sports, news, and comedy. Families that could afford a TV set could watch shows,
The baby boom began erupting. This had a large effect on the population. During this time technology became apparent to people and it spread across the nation. Lots of TV shows became abundant for the whole family to enjoy. While all of this was going on people like Marilyn Monroe and
The ‘Golden Age of Television’ is what many refer to as the period between the 1950s and 60s when the television began to establish itself as a prevalent medium in the United States. In 1947, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), and the Du Mont Network were the four main television networks that ran stations with regular programming taking place. (Television, 2003) While regular television programming was a new innovation, the television itself had been commercially available for over twenty years prior to the 50s. It was conceived by many worldly innovators and went through several testing stages before it was finally completed in the late twenties. The
Color in films has been around since the early 1900s, though we did not see films being mass produced in color until much later. In 1915 “Technicolor was formed as a corporation”, but it wasn’t until around the 1940s that we started to see “greater use” of color in films (Vacche, 13-17). During this rise of color films, you tended to only see certain genres of films were done in color. Period pieces and musicals were the two genres that were most known for their use of color during this time. Then in the 1950’s the development of “Eastmancolor, a one strip color negative process,” we saw more and more films being done in color (Bitoun). Before the development of Eastmancolor, the process that had to be done to make a film in color was too costly. In the 1930s “color added about 30% to the average production cost of a film” (Bitoun), causing studios to have to pick and choose what movies were going to be made in color. Eastmancolor helped lower those cost, making it much more affordable for filmmakers to make films in color. This lead to filmmakers being able to make more films in color and began to start using color to their advantage.
Around 1930, it was seen that mechanical television would never be able to produce a proper quality which could be used for commercials and other programs. An electronic television needs a picture tube this allowed to display the picture and an electronic camera tube was needed in order to capture the image. Philo Farnsworth, produced images on his image dissector camera tube in 1927. However, the image dissector required too much light to be practical for television.