1954
1939
1983
1973
1997
Colour TVs go on sale for the
first time
First commercially available
Black and White television
goes on sale
The first commercially
available LCD TV is released
in the form of the Casio TV-10
Large-screen rear projector
style televisions go on sale,
allowing for increased screen
size over CRT
Phillips and Fujitsu both
launch consumer plasma
televisions
1884
Paul Gottlieb Nipkow
develops the first ever
mechanical module of
television
THE EVOLUTION OF TV
The Panasonic Smart Viera app has a nifty
swipe feature for displaying images
immediately on screen
GET CLEVER
WITH SMART TV
Everyone’s talking about Smart TV, but what exactly is it and why would
you want one? We take a look at this important innovation and how
these screens are part of a bigger lifestyle revolution