Happy Birthday to the TV!

Posted by Tanya Hall

January 26, 2009

January 26 is a pretty important day this year. Not only is it Australia Day (bonza!) and the start of Chinese New Year (Gong Hey Fat Choy!), but it’s also someone’s birthday: the humble TV.

For all you history buffs out there, it was on this day in the day in 1926 that John Logie Baird gave the world’s first public demonstration of a true television system.

This happened in his laboratory at 22 Frith Street in the Soho district of London. Those present for the demonstration were members of the Royal Institution and a journalist from The Times. Not exactly an IMAX experience, but not too bad none the less.

To mark the day, Sony has created a brief history of the TV so that we can be extra grateful of our new shiny flat screens and 200Hz technology.

Want to see the box granddad watched the moon landing on? Take a look below.

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Source: Sony

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