- 1843: facsimile transmission
- 1856: practical facsimile system
- 1884: Nipkow disk
- 1895: telephotography
- 1897: cathode-ray tube
- 1907: practical image rasterizer
- 1911: mechanical mirror-drum scanner
- 1914: Televista
- 1923: transmission of moving silhouette images
- 1924: cable television
- 1926: first public television broadcast
- 1926: 40-line resolution Nipkow disk scanner
- 1926: charge storage
- 1927: flying-spot scanner
- 1927: image dissector camera tube
- 1927: flat panel plasma display
- 1928: color transmission
- 1928: first television station
- 1928: 3D television
- 1931: iconoscope
- 1931: multipactor
- 1932: ultra-short wave television
- 1931: Emitron
- 1934: super-Emitron
- 1934: CPS Emitron
- 1939: field-sequential color system
- 1940: Telechrome
- 1951: first national live television broadcast
- 1962: satellite television
- 1966: Porta-Color
- 1976: VHS
- 1978: LED display
- 1980s: HDTV
- 1994: smart TV
- 1997: DVD
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