Im doing a project on tv during world war 2..what happened??

Question

Im doing a project on tv during world war 2..what happened??

Answer 1

TV became available to the general public in the US in 1934, but that was during the depression, and nobody could afford one. Besides, there were maybe 2 stations in the whole country. TV was already available in England. WWII stopped all development of TV as an entertainment medium, however the war effort in radar and other technology translated into rapid development of TV all over the world at the end of the war. Britain went back to their system which had a pretty bad picture resolution, and of course was in black and white. The US adopted a better system and that became the system in the Philippines and Japan. Europe, since it had been so badly destroyed in the war, started from the ground up, and when TV became widespread, it was a much better system than in Britain or the US.

TV really took off when the soldiers came home from the war. I'm not sure of the year, but I think more TV sets were sold in 1949 than any year before or since. Color TV was a reality in the US in 1954.

By the way, the first patent granted for an electronic device for transmitting a picture from one point to another was granted in Germany in 1885. It was closer to a fax machine than a TV though. The first all electronic TV was a development of Philo Farnsworth. And, that's his real name.

Answer 2

WE WON!

Answer 3

There was no TV during WW2. Aside from Hitler making the first mass TV broadcast about the Olympic Games. It was still under development and didn't really begin spreading in the U.S. until AFTER WW2.  Sounds like a very short project.