CMS Author MikeRivers Posted September 7, 2007 CMS Author Share Posted September 7, 2007 Tip your hat to Philo Farnsworth who, on this day in 1927, first demonstrated his invention of an all electronic image scanning television system. Pretty clever for a college dropout just turned 21. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members halljams Posted September 7, 2007 Members Share Posted September 7, 2007 Tip your hat to Philo Farnsworth who, on this day in 1927, first demonstrated his invention of an all electronic image scanning television system. Pretty clever for a college dropout just turned 21. Very clever. Shame about how its all turned out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted September 7, 2007 Members Share Posted September 7, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tedster Posted September 7, 2007 Members Share Posted September 7, 2007 It was 80 years ago today... You beat me to it! Conan pays a tribute to Farnsworth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted September 7, 2007 Members Share Posted September 7, 2007 Halljams, you don't feel that "The Newlyweds" and reality TV shows about Scott Baio constitute quality programming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members halljams Posted September 7, 2007 Members Share Posted September 7, 2007 Halljams, you don't feel that "The Newlyweds" and reality TV shows about Scott Baio constitute quality programming? Had i known that Scott was back doing it again i would have been all over it, he truly was one of the greats. But i think i was busy that day looking for 4 leaf clovers or analyzing the pros and cons of extra long shoe laces. You know, more important stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsongs Posted September 7, 2007 Members Share Posted September 7, 2007 I just got an HD set, I'm trippin out at all these sub-channels I can get... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff Leites Posted September 7, 2007 Members Share Posted September 7, 2007 I heard he got the scanning idea while plowing a field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Peake Posted September 7, 2007 Members Share Posted September 7, 2007 Interesting how the thing itself is now more fascinating and innovative than the majority of what it conveys. Thanks for posting that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted September 7, 2007 Members Share Posted September 7, 2007 Had i known that Scott was back doing it again i would have been all over it, he truly was one of the greats. But i think i was busy that day looking for 4 leaf clovers or analyzing the pros and cons of extra long shoe laces. You know, more important stuff. Baio is truly one of the greats. How is it that one show - "Happy Days" - could have not just one but two incredible thespians with Ted McGinley? ~~~ What's interesting to me is how much variety television has (regardless of what you might think of it) and how little variety radio has. Sure, you can point to satellite radio, which has more, but until recently, radio has been dominated by only a handful of formats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members halljams Posted September 8, 2007 Members Share Posted September 8, 2007 Baio is truly one of the greats. How is it that one show - "Happy Days" - could have not just one but two incredible thespians with Ted McGinley? ~~~ What's interesting to me is how much variety television has (regardless of what you might think of it) and how little variety radio has. Sure, you can point to satellite radio, which has more, but until recently, radio has been dominated by only a handful of formats. It was different times. Actors had a chance to develop and hone their craft. There'll never be another SB, lets just learn to live with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Less Paul Posted September 8, 2007 Members Share Posted September 8, 2007 Props to Philo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members halljams Posted September 8, 2007 Members Share Posted September 8, 2007 What's interesting to me is how much variety television has (regardless of what you might think of it) and how little variety radio has. Sure, you can point to satellite radio, which has more, but until recently, radio has been dominated by only a handful of formats. Visual entertainment is too accessible and too common and too easy.The easier things get the easier society wants them to be.Listening is harder than seeing these days because recent generations' listening skills never developed because they never had to.Thus the lack of interest in music comparatively, and thus the shift in variety and focus from music to television/movies. Thus the lack of industry. Unless everyone goes blind it will never have the market share again that it once did. I think the market WILL refine though and the {censored} (the crappy music) will slowly get pushed out until only elite stuff gets any attention, it may be 20 years but i look forward to it, because some good things will happen when people start to catch on to it as a specialized market.Even though everyone and their dog is making records now i think it will shrink down and be reborn again. It is just the excitement about the technology that kids like, and we all know that that has nothing to do with the heart of what music is really about.The heart of what music is really about is actually gone from most music being made now, less and less people know what it is and the less the better IMO.Let it dissappear for a decade or so. It will be that much more appreciated when it comes back as a new thing a couple generations or so from now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 ... is watching TV always this complicated??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members halljams Posted September 8, 2007 Members Share Posted September 8, 2007 ... is watching TV always this complicated??? You probably have no idea how much its ruining your life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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