Who was the First Inventor of the HDTV?

Answer 1

HDTV cannot be called an invention, rather it is a development of technology. Standard definition has been in use for more than 50 years and the television industry started looking towards higher definition images in the 1980s. The current standards used for high definition television were put forward and debated by several broadcast standards groups. These included NTSC (North American Television Standards Committee) and EBU (European Broadcasting Union) along with similar organizations. The standards used for high definition were in place before equipment was developed. It was only after the standards were agreed that development of broadcast HD equipment started in earnest. Although HD production was possible during the 1980s, consumer televisions to handle HD were still a long way off. The development of plasma and LCD screens was the trigger for consumer HD equipment as the cost of tube based (CRT) HD televisions was out of reach of almost all consumers. Although HD CRT television monitors were made for studio work, prices were typically in the $30000 region for each monitor. LCD and plasma screens were not commonly available until 2004 when prices began to fall to levels that made them affordable. It was this pricing development that made consumer HDTV a reality. Broadcasters have been adopting HD over the last 5 years or so in anticipation of the low cost consumer equipment that we see today. With all HD equipment, there was no single inventor but teams of development engineers creating products that would conform to the new HD standards. Credit for HDTV has to go to several thousand engineers worldwide who took a written standard and turned it into real products. Within that group of elite engineers, there were many who can also take credit for smaller inventions that each support the HD technology. No single invention could be described as the key to HD so engineers will remain nameless despite the pioneering work that they have done.

Answer 2

HDTV was not an invention as such. The standards for HD television were developed and agreed between various televisions standards committees and television companies around the beginning of the 1990s. With the standards agreed, a number of companies began developing equipment to support the standards. Along the way, there have been many developments of electronic hardware, software and storage techniques that have enable HD to be captured and distributed.

The first HD televisions for domestic use were released in the late 1990s although they had been available within the broadcast sector some time before the domestic models made an appearance.

Answer 3

I bought my TV in 2001 and it was HD TV but my friend is arguing that HD TV was not made then. Please let me know when the first HD TV's were sold and when PANASONIC SOLD IT'S first HD TV. Unfortunately I can not find my manual any because I have since replaced that TV

Answer 4

jerry Williams the third who attend Miami central in 1999