Television Generally Means & History

Television, general known as TV, (from French télévision; from Ancient Greek (tèle), meaning "far", and Latin visio, meaning "sight") is a telecommunication medium that is used for transmitting and receiving moving images and sound.

1.a system for transmitting visual images and sound that are reproduced on screens, mainly used to broadcast programs for entertainment, information, and education.

    the activity, profession, or medium of broadcasting on television.
    "neither of my children showed the merest inclination to follow me into television"
    television programs.
    "Dan was sitting on the sofa watching television"

2.
a device that receives television signals and reproduces them on a screen.

First invented idea

1920s, when amplification made television practical, Scottish inventor John Logie Baird employed the Nipkow disk in his prototype video systems. On March 25, 1925, Baird gave the first public demonstration of televised silhouette images in motion, at Selfridge's Department Store in London

The addition of color to broadcast television after 1953 further increased the popularity of television sets and an outdoor antenna became a common feature of suburban homes. The ubiquitous television set became the display device for the recorded media in the 1970s, such as VHS and later DVDs and Blu-ray Discs.