| One of the most frequently asked questions | | | | separation, people in the USA felt more |
| related to television is, `Where`s the | | | | connected to one another because of this new |
| remote?` When the first simple television | | | | technology. |
| (televisores) was built in 1928, it did not | | | | |
| come with a remote. The entire wonder | | | | The 1970`s brought about the greatest surge |
| consisted of a disk, a light (which tended to | | | | of television purchases. Major appliance |
| make the images orange in appearance) and a | | | | stores (Sears and others) had banks of |
| moderate need for electricity. | | | | televisions on display. Daytime television |
| | | | and `Soap Operas` became favorites of many |
| By the 1930`s, televisions (televisores) had | | | | stay at home mothers. Game shows became more |
| evolved to all electrical components. The | | | | plentiful as did movies which introduced us |
| typical screen was about 6X8 inches and | | | | to favorites such as John Waynne, Robert |
| generally was mounted in a much larger | | | | Young, `Beaver Cleaver` and many, many more. |
| cabinet. By the late 1930`s televisions were | | | | These were idyllic families, devoid of abuse, |
| made by several manufacturers in the United | | | | less than charitable language, arguments, and |
| States and throughout Europe and the Soviet | | | | other behaviors evidenced in today`s homes |
| Union. | | | | and societies. Television commercials changed |
| | | | the `tools` of childhood which previously had |
| World War II slowed recreational television | | | | been invented and make believe to Barbie and |
| progress while turning that technology to the | | | | Ken dolls, talking bears, more sophisticated |
| necessary military communications. Many | | | | bicycles and wagons and the like. |
| communication devices were made accessible | | | | |
| using television cable. Unlike the Viet Nam | | | | Satellites influenced further changes in |
| War, civilians were not able to watch the | | | | television (televisores) in the mid 1980`s. |
| battles that had been fought and radio was | | | | Pay for view programming became possible |
| still highly sought for news and | | | | through the encryption of programming and |
| entertainment. | | | | transmitting via cable and only to viewers |
| | | | who had the additional equipment to view such |
| By 1945, many American families believed they | | | | programs. |
| had suffered enough hardship from the war and | | | | |
| rewarded themselves with televisions | | | | Today, digital and satellite television |
| (televisores). The pictures were of a better | | | | (televisores) deliver the clearest images to |
| quality than in earlier televisions and only | | | | the viewer and provide several hundred |
| in black and white. Programming other than | | | | channels from which to choose. Televisions |
| news had caught on and gradually, game shows, | | | | have grown from 6x8 picture tubes in huge |
| sports and other programs of interest were | | | | cabinets to slim instruments sitting atop |
| available. | | | | pedestals. Large screen television gives the |
| | | | appearance of football players kicking off in |
| Technically, the ability to produce programs | | | | one`s living room and monster trucks driving |
| in color occurred in the late 1940`s, however | | | | directly at the viewer. Television today may |
| it was in the mid 1960`s that major | | | | be accessed from one`s computer as well as by |
| broadcasters began to produce their | | | | cell phone. |
| programming in color. Early colored | | | | |
| televisions did not provide exact color | | | | I can`t imagine what I would see in a crystal |
| replication. One often noticed unnatural tint | | | | ball if I were to search for changes in |
| which was correctable by manipulating the | | | | television technology, but I know that |
| `tint` dial on the television. | | | | improvements and innovative concepts are |
| | | | explored daily. |
| For those of us old enough to remember the | | | | |
| assignation of John F. Kennedy, we will also | | | | This article is under GNU FDL license and can |
| remember his lying in state and his funeral | | | | be distributed without any previous |
| and burial all shown on major broadcast | | | | authorization from the author. However the |
| stations. This was the first major event in | | | | author's name and all the URLs (links) |
| American history that could be viewed by | | | | mentioned in the article and biography must |
| people all across the United States on | | | | be kept. |
| television (televisores). Despite miles of | | | | |