Color

Color televisions today, are available in a variety of technologies, each with their own advantages over the other. Today it is hard to imagine any home without a Color TV, whereas, way back in the 1950s they were quite rare.
When the first color television program was telecast in 1954, color TV’s were very expensive.

In the US, the first color program was telecast by NBC, owned by RCA. They made the first color TV set and 1954 was the year in which the first color television was made. But who invented the color TV? Back in 1940, even before RCA made the first color TV, CBS, in the UK had Peter Goldmark and its researchers were responsible for the first color TV invented, based on designs by John Baird. If you are wondering what year was the color television invented, Baird made the first design in 1928 so he is generally considered the inventor of color television, sharing the credit with Peter Goldmark of RCA.

RCA Laboratories, USA did some serious research between the years 1946 and 1950 to come up with the first electronic monochrome compatible color tv system. In fact, when color television was first invented, CBS broadcasted a one-hour commercial TV program in 1951. The industry standard for broadcasting systems was officially adopted in 1953, however, and color broadcasts became regular from 1959.

How does color television work? The first ever system used a motor driven disk with segments. Developed by the CBS, this had three primary colors that were rotated behind the camera lens which were received through a filter forming black and white images. A color wheel then converted the images back into color. This method had problems and did not become popular. Meanwhile, in the US, RCA developed a compatible system that was accepted as the standard in 1953 and was also well accepted by the viewers.

Gradually color TVs came to be available in various sizes and designs, including portable color TVs. These are space saving sizes. The 12-volt color TV LCD model features a DVD player and a cable ready tuner with a full-featured remote control. Quasar mini color TVs are an example; these are ideal for study dens, kitchen counters, RVs, yachts etc.

The 6” Supersonic color TV and Radio is an all-in-one kind of model with a CD player, AM/FM radio, audio integrated features and other essential inputs and outputs.

Now Color Television makes a home décor statement with ceiling and wall mount models available.