By Ian Hollidae, 2026/02/21

When I think of the beginnings of television, my first thought is to some of the early shows (reruns when I first saw them) such as "I Love Lucy" and "The Honeymooners" that ran during the 1950's. So when American Institute of Physics published the news that television had turned 100, it was sort of surprising. I realized that what I viewed as the history of television was more a history of TV shows. The technology of television and broadcasting, however, has been around since the mid-twenties.

For someone who was involved in a number of streaming video projects during the mid-aughts, this was a great post. What was really interesting was the note about the Image Orthicon (RCA) breakthrough in efficient storage of images and picking up pictures in low light. Sound familiar?

I guess we should be amazed how much things haven't changed. Given the ongoing transition to all things streaming, the current advancements are simply the modern day equivalent of what was happening a century ago.

We all know how TV turned out. I'll go out on a limb and say streaming, despite whatever troubles it's encountering, will turn out just fine as well.

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