Monday, August 22, 2016

TV THROUGH THE LAST DECADES

BY: DANNA ROCHA

The TV is now a thing that every home in the USA has. Even the “poor families” has one at least.

Actually, the typical poor family has at least two color TVs, and a DVD player. A third have a widescreen, plasma or LCD TV. Also, the ones with children have a video game system such as Xbox or PlayStation.

But, obviously, it hasn’t been like this through the history. This makes the cost of television substantially change over the time. The meaning we give to TV and the development of technology make it cheaper or more expensive.

By the 1930’s the moving pictures were achieved, but for watching it, the people must went outside their homes and watch it with other people.

The first televisions were made in this decade, but in World War Two the production was curtailed to free up resources for the war. Before the production was stopped, 7,000 TV were manufactured by the RCA, and because there were few of them, they cost a lot. The first RCA models were two: one of 12-inch that cost $600 in 1939 and adjusted for inflation cost $10.349 in 2015. The other one was 9-inch; it cost $450 in 1939 and adjusted for inflation, cost $7,762 in 2015.
 
In 1948, the next television sets were appearing. One of these was the “Stromberg-Carlson TV”, which was 12-inch; it was also used as furniture and it came in different colors with short wave radios. At this time, it price was $985, which in 2015, with the adjusted inflation, was $9,798. Another device that came in this decade was the “Admiral Triple Thrill”, which cost $499.95 ($4,973.48, adjusted). As it name says, it was three-in-one: a two-speed phonograph, a FM and AM radio, and a magic mirror television with a 10-inch screen.

In the 1950’s, the RCA was the first company that produced a color TV. It was launched in 1956 and for only $495 people could “live the color”.  But it didn’t was so “cheap”, because, if we adjusted inflation, in 2015 it was costing  $4,564.16!!





In this moment, the color TV wasn’t so popular in the USA homes. I think it was because they were so expensive and people didn’t see the TV as a separate console, they conceive the idea that the TV was an extension, or part, of a furniture set. That, I think was the reason of why people bought the “Stromberg-Carlson TV” for $985 ($9,798, adjusted) and not the RCA color TV for $495 ($4,564.16).

Although, the people start buying these devices, the B&W TV was very common and the production of these consoles weren’t stop until the 70’s.

Starting the 60’s people could enjoy the “Slim Angle TV” seeing the bright, clear and steady image, with natural contrasts. Also, they could enjoy more the sound because it was in the front. Dirt couldn’t settle behind the shatterproof safety glass because it was bonded to the face of the picture tube, cutting up glare and light reflections. The cabinet was less than eleven inches deep and was made of rich wood-grained hardboard. There was a 5-inch speaker and the screen was 23-inches. It cost $179.95 in 1960 ($1,454.86, adjusted).


The 1970’s were the decade of the color TV’s because they were more famous in these years than in 1950’s when were really created. The TV’S produced in this moment incorporated new setting tone colors, which endowed information emissions, movies, and sports with a greater veracity for the viewer. The most common TV of this decade was the Sony 19-inch TV, which cost $590 in 1974 ($2,864.64, adjusted).  Also, Samsung pulled to the market one of the first TV’s with quick start, which means that it didn’t need time for warming up; it played immediately the image when someone switched it on.

In the 80’s appeared the portable TV and the Stereo sound TV. They cost $589.95 ($1,711.16, adjusted) and $659.99 ($1,583.55, adjusted), respectively. The Sound Stereo TV was sold by the first time in 1983.

In he 1990’s the remote had appear. Actually, in 1970 was launched the “Cinema Screen Color TV”, which came with remote and it cost was $739 ($4,557.16, adjusted) and without remote $639.95 ($3,946.35, adjusted). But, in the 90’s was when it boomed.
Also, in this decade, the TV’S began to adopt a new wide screen format (12.8:9). A 27-inch TV was costing around $770 ($1,408.49, adjusted). The Toshiba CF2944J earn praise, in this time, for its ability to tune in 181 broadcast channels, in addition to cable programs; it cost was $480 ($878.02, adjusted).

The new millennial didn’t left behind; it came with a lot of new technologies, which made TV’s improve. It left behind the old tube TV’s and began the marketing of flat screen TV’s. These TV’s cost in 2000 and in 2003 around $6,500 ($9,049.43, adjusted) and $2,000 ($2,626.46, adjusted).

Now, we buy Smart TV’s, which make possible to connect to Internet and access to network services Through a TV; these TV, now, came with UHD (Ultra High Definition). The cost of Smart TV is around $300 and $2000 (BestBuy reference).

Finally, below there’s a video that explain the history of TV’s sets.




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