IMAGE AND SOUND

TV: HISTORY AND EVOLUTION BY MARCO BRIONES AND MARIO HERNÁNDEZ ORIGIN OF TV There is controversy surrounding the invention of one of the most popular 21st century devices: the Television.  It took several decades for many inventors and engineers in various countries to develop the modern television. However; two important people whose names are associated with the invention of television are Vladimir Zworykin, and Philo Farnsworth. Although prior to 1922, the concept of television was already in existence, it was primarily due to the efforts of these two people that the concept of electronic scanning of images, which forms the bases of modern day television, was introduced. Both Zworykin and Farnsworth had applied for the same patent during the year 1923 and 1927 respectively. The fact that Zworykin had filed for the patent earlier, he is often termed as the father of television. Nonetheless, the work of Farnsworth cannot be underestimated. In fact, many believ