The invention of television took place in stages with contributions from several inventors over the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The earliest mechanical television was invented by John Logie Baird, who demonstrated the first mechanical television system in 1925. However, the first electronic television system, which is closer to the modern TV we know, was successfully demonstrated by Philo Taylor Farnsworth on September 7, 1927, in San Francisco. Farnsworth's system transmitted the first electronic image, marking a major milestone in TV history. To summarize:
- Mechanical television: invented by John Logie Baird in 1925
- Electronic television: demonstrated by Philo Farnsworth on September 7, 1927
Television as a marketed product took more than a decade after these inventions to become widely available. Color TV systems were developed later, with commercial color broadcasts starting in the 1950s. Thus, television was effectively invented in the 1920s, with electronic TV demonstrated in 1927 as a key foundational invention.
