what were televisions used for when they were invented? when were they invented?

Answer 1

The Scotsman John Logie Baird invented television in the 1920s, by bringing together the work of some others, notably Paul Nipkow, who invented a spinning disk used to scan the image.

The first public demonstration of television was in a department store, Selfridges, in London England, by Mr Baird himself. This took place in 1925. The system was successful enough to become commercialised, and the BBC began the world's first regular television broadcasts, using the Baird system, in 1936. By 1939, there were over 20,000 TV sets in use in and around London. A year later, in 1940, baird demonstrated a set which was capable of receiving colour pictures and stereo sound!

The problem with the Baird system is that it was mechanical in design, and so it was unreliable. For this reason, it was eventually superceded by a system based on Farnsworth's development of an electronic system.

So, in answer to the question, "When was television invented?", although many people had a hand in it, the best answer is probably that it was developed in the early twentieth century, but television service as we know it began in 1936.

The first concept of the television was a sketch done by a 14-year-old farm boy named Philo T. Farnsworth in 1922. On September 7, 1927, he finally created a television system that could not only display, but transmit signals between seperate rooms. (see above)

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I believe it was in 1954 that the first television was completed and released for consumer use. (See above)

I'm not sure exactly when it was invented, but the first large amount of people to see it was at the 1934 World's Fair. (See above)

Research Filo T Farnsworth. That should give you plenty of information.

Approximately 75 years ago (7 September, 1927) twenty-one-year-old Philo T Farnsworth performed the first successful demonstration of an all-electronic television system in his laboratory at 202 Green Street in San Francisco, USA.

See the Related Link for "Timeline Television" to the right for the answer.

http://www.tvhistory.tv/

http://www.videouniversity.com/farnhal.htm

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bl_television_timeline.htm

http://www.physlink.com/Education/AskExperts/ae408.cfm

http://www.farnovision.com/chronicles/tfc-who_invented_what.html

http://www.pubquizhelp.34sp.com/hist/invent.html

go to wikipidia and you will find alot of answers there!
Answer
The telivision was invented on June 14 1923 by Charles F. Jenkins.

This link has lots of information. http://www.mztv.com/newframe.asp?content=http://www.mztv.com/pioneers.html

Answer 2

The same thing they are used for, today - showing television broadcasts and advertising. The television was invented in the 1920's, but wasn't perfected and produced for commercial consumption until 1954.
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Answer 3

John logie Baird invented television circa 1920 and there were transmissions in the 1930s.But TV `s real use was for RADAR during world war ll.

Answer 4

Umm, they were used for entertainment, watching. Not sure when they were invented.