TELEVISON

In 1928 [[Philo Farnsworth]] made the first public demonstration of a purely [[History_of_television#Electronic_television|electronic television]]. During the 1930s several countries began broadcasting, and after World War II it spread to millions of receivers, eventually worldwide. Ever since then, electronics have been fully present in television devices.

Modern televisions and video displays have evolved from bulky electron tube technology to use more compact devices, such as [[Plasma displays|plasma]] and [[LCD display]]s. The trend is for even lower power devices such as the [[organic light-emitting diode]] displays, and it is most likely to replace the LCD and plasma technologies.Joseph Shinar ''Organic Light-Emitting Devices'', p. 45, 2003 ISBN 978-0387953434