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1895 Lumière brothers demonstrate combination camera/projector (16 fps).
1918 First color motion picture appears.
1920 Commercial radio broadcasts begin.
1923 16 mm film is introduced.
1927 First major motion picture with sound is released (1.37 aspect ratio),
ending the silent movie era.
1932 BBC begins official monochrome, 30-line video broadcast.
1934 RCA experiments with 343-line, 30 fps television format, removing
flicker by introducing interlacing.
1936 BBC begins broadcasting a high definition, monochrome, 405-line,
25 fps interlaced signal tied to European 50 Hz electrical frequency.
1939 NBC begins regularly scheduled broadcasts of electronic television,
441 lines and 30 fps.
1941 National Television Systems Committee (NTSC) standardizes U.S.
commercial television format, 525 lines, 30 fps tied to U.S. 60 Hz
electrical frequency.
1945 FCC allocates 13 channels for television broadcasting and moves
existing radio channels to 88–108 MHz.
1946 ENIAC, the first electronic computer, using 18,000 vacuum tubes,
is unveiled.
1948 Long-playing (LP) phonograph records are introduced.
1948 Hollywood switches to nonflammable film.
1948 Ampex introduces its first professional audio tape recorder.
1948 The transistor is invented.
1951 The first commercially available computer, UNIVAC I, goes on sale.
1952 The FCC provides UHF channels 14 through 83.
1953 Second NTSC adopts RCA color TV standard, 525 lines,
29.97 fps, interlaced.
1953 First CinemaScope, anamorphic film is released with 2.66 aspect
ratio (1.33 x 2).
1955 Stereo tape recording is introduced by EMI Stereosonic Tapes.
1956 Ampex introduces its first video recorder using 2-inch reel-to-reel tape.
1961 Stereo radio broadcasts begin.
1963 Philips introduces audio cassette tapes.
1967 BBC TWO becomes the first British color broadcast network, using
the PAL system, 625 lines, 25 fps interlaced.
1967 France introduces SECAM, 625 lines, 25 fps, interlaced.
1967 The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE)
standardizes timecode.
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