Me TV: Photos from the bleeding edge of television

AT&T President Walter Gifford talks with Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover on April 27, 1927, in the first public display of television. Source: AT&T Back to: A model advertises a 1928 General Electric "Octagon" 4-inch television. Source: TVHistory.tv Back to: The 1929 Semivisor, by Rene Barthelemy, looks like a cross between a camera and an old-fashioned telephone. Source: Musee des Arts et Metiers Back to: A magnifying lens was used on this "vision only" 1936 Emyvisor Cathode Ray Television, from France, to increase the size of the picture to about 8 inches. Source: TVHistory.tv Back to: This 1948 Zenith Color TV used a spinning red-blue-green filter in front of a CRT to reproduce colors seen by the camera lens. Source: TVHistory.tv Back to: This 1950 16-inch black-and-white model by Zenith was code-named Lincoln. Source: TVHistory.tv Back to: Zenith's 1955 "Flash-matic" remote control. Bright sunlight tended to change channels randomly. Source: TVHistory.tv Back to: One could tilt-adjust the black-and-white picture tube of the 1957 "Teleavia," from France. Source: TVHistory.tv Back to: Sony debuted its first television for the U.S market in 1961. Source: TVHistory.tv Back to: Panasonic launched its TR-005 "Flying Saucer" in 1971. Source: TVHistory.tv Back to: This heavy 1981 Zenith doubled as fancy living-room furniture. Source: TVHistory.tv Back to: Samsung says this 82-inch panel, which debuted in Seoul on March 6, 2005, is the world's largest full high-definition LCD television screen. Source: Samsung Back to: