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    The Story of Television

    December 11, 2024  •  EPISODE 243

    Dive into the captivating history of television on this episode of Science LIVE with Roger Billings. Explore the incredible journey from the invention of the first TV to the groundbreaking innovations that have shaped modern broadcasting. Learn about the key figures, like Philo Farnsworth, whose ideas revolutionized how we connect and share stories around the globe. Discover how science and creativity combined to bring moving pictures to life, transforming entertainment and communication forever.

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    Dr. Roger Billings is a visionary innovator whose work has touched the lives of millions of students and transformed the landscape of education. Widely known as “DrB” to the countless kids who benefit from his groundbreaking Acellus learning system, Dr. Billings has dedicated his life to advancing education through technology. As part of DrB’s lifelong commitment to supporting education, Science LIVE was launched as a way to “give back” by mentoring students in conjunction with the Roger Billings Scholarship Program.


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    149 Comments

    1. Yusuf Aboshihata

      cool

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    2. Jude Aarden

      So cool 😎.

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    3. Caleb Felker

      It’s crazy how new the TV is. I can’t imagine life without it.

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    4. Levi Parypa

      I liked learning about Philo Farnsworth and his invention. Also, now I know how YouTube got its name.

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    5. Gracelyn Weitz

      nice vid

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    6. Paige

      Nice

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    7. claire Rippon

      this reminded me of a how its made video, it so fasinating to see the complexities behind televisions and the video technology that happens inside the tv.

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    8. Tino Salazar

      How interesting.

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    9. Laci

      interesting!!

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    10. Eva

      It’s amazing how all technology came to be!

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    11. Kayla Ferguson

      This is so inspiring!

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    12. Rebekah Wright

      every video i learn something new!

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    13. Princess Snickerdoodle of Cinnabun Caramel

      Yeah, put Mark Rogers in the store.

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    14. Hannah

      I love hearing Dr. Billings’ stories!

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    15. Eva

      This was so interesting!!

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    16. Payton Reynolds

      I am going to talk to my grandparent about the difference that they have seen through the years with television

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    17. Robert

      How much would it cost to make the TV in the early 1900s?

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    18. Alaya

      Thats so fascinating!!

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    19. Jakob

      Being able to hear how the tv came to light is so fascinating! Alawys wondering how it did.

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    20. Gwen

      This was very informative!

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    21. Abiah-Faith Ries

      When did color tv shows and movies come out?

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    22. Katelyn Byrne

      So cool

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    23. Selah-Grace Ries

      How did they add color to the tv from Black/white tv’s?

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    24. selah-grace ries

      for the gold store i think we should put Mark Rogers.

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    25. Illana M. Alif

      Really cool!!

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    26. Sage Davis

      loved learning about TVs

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    27. Leeland Whitehouse

      so cool to know how tv was made, I don’t know what we would do without TVs now.

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    28. Layla

      This was cool!

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    29. Ava Nelson

      This is so cool

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    30. Brionna Hillard

      This was so interesting!

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    31. Analiza R

      This was quite interesting Im not finna lie😭🙏🏼

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    32. Hailey Wallace

      Im so happy it exists

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    33. Max McCall

      What was the first movie that was ever shown/broadcasted on the tv?

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    34. Gunnar Bendorf

      Love it! Good stories!!!!

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    35. brinley

      this was so interesting

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    36. Nevaeh webb

      Cool concept!!

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    37. AriaTorello

      so cool

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    38. Jaxon Baker

      Love these videos i learn so much from them

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    39. Mattox Goodman

      I didn’t know that’s how tvs were invented! That’s cool.

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    40. Malaysia Gray

      Learned many new things about Tvs since this video.

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    41. Wyatt

      I thought the part on pixels was pretty interesting.

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    42. Henry

      That’s very cool how TV started out with that cylindrical device.

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    43. Dayana Castellanos

      I learn a lot with this videos it is amazing

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    44. Jahan Kendrick

      The R 51 is really cool.

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    45. Amina Gadzhialieva

      ScienceLive is the best when it comes to explaining science. I thought I knew the key points of the television but this video was just fascinating to watch.

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    46. Mackay Rochardson

      Awesome, An Idaho farmer??

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    47. Albaraa

      intriguing

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    48. Aviles Ramirez

      It’s awesome what can be achieved when we follow our dreams. It’s cool the first TV’s painted images so fast with light rays.

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    49. Kassidy Postema

      Does his family still make money from t.v being made today since it was his creation.

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    50. Landon whitehead

      Was cool seeing how tvs were invented, thanks!

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    51. Liam

      I thought that R-51’s jokes were pretty funny. And that’s pretty cool that he was only 14.

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    52. Jaden

      This is video tech.

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    53. Maximilian

      So that was the TV.

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    54. Andraya Myers

      this was so cool!

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    55. Bella Rosencrans

      That was cool

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    56. Nora Mosby

      Very interesting

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    57. Carmela Myers

      this was very amazing

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    58. aleiah bowman

      i found this video so cool!!!

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    59. Declan Hart

      I am thankful for TV!

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    60. Brieanna Wright

      Tv history is really cool

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    61. Caden Nunn

      I’m going to google the TV. I’ve always wondered about it.

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    62. Naya

      I agree that was very cool

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    63. Amayah Bethea

      It’s very interesting on how T.V. came into place. It also help creative people that have a beautiful imagination to create these amazing T.V. shows.

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    64. kyndal

      That was cool

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    65. Tate Pierce

      My great-grandmother’s family were potato farmers, too. It’s neat to think that Philo came from the same humble beginnings. And library servers sound like DropBox or OneDrive.

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    66. Riley Ford

      This was fun to watch.

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    67. Leon Cutler

      Very interesting!

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    68. Kyle angus

      crazy how tv evolved

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    69. Sienna

      I want to start making money so I can pay for college outright.

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    70. Alyss

      How the television work?

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    71. Alexander

      Nice job

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    72. jessica Romero

      This is awesome

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    73. Michael Tymofy II

      This was cool to learn about

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    74. Maddison Tymofy

      I can’t imagine not having TV

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    75. Charles Wright

      TV is pretty cool, although there are streaming apps and platforms, Cable/Live TV is pleasant to watch.

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    76. Micah Pierson

      It’s amazing where tv started and how much it’s developed!

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    77. Anassa Nomura

      How are televisions built?

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    78. Zach Hamp

      TV has evolved

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    79. Harley Gonzales

      It was cool learning how televisions were invented

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    80. Sarah Bruce

      Grateful for TVs

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    81. Taylor Dalton

      there’s so much i didn’t know about television that i know now!

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    82. Jeffrey Arbuckle Jr

      This was really cool information.

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    83. Thomas Watkins

      I’ve always wondered how TV worked.

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    84. Qhuin Langille

      It’s amazing how far televisions have come

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    85. Christian M.S Ross

      amazing livestream like always :3 >3

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    86. Sophia Schnickel

      It was interesting how Philo Farnsworth was inspired to make the television technology by doing farm work.

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    87. Zane F.

      This was cool! It is interesting how things are developed.

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    88. Christopher Ingle

      The higher the pixel count means the brighter the image will be?

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    89. Kane Cassidy

      what about a touchivision you get to FEEL the things on the screen

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    90. Corbin Kersey

      I am interested in seeing what the future tech will be with TV’s.

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    91. Angela Kersey

      I vote for a virtual fieldtrip!

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    92. Makayla cook

      very cool episode

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    93. Rebecca Wyatt

      amazing live

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    94. Sophia Garcia

      Pixels are so tiny!

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    95. Jordynn M

      I struggled to follow some, but I’m glad we have tvs!

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    96. Bentley Sparks

      i thought it was cool that he was only 14

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    97. Aaron Crane

      this was cool

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    98. Tessa Rogers

      i like watching cartoons.

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    99. Evie Soucie

      I would like to see a tour of the factory!

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    100. Cecilia Cutshaver

      Do televisions and projectors both use the same technology?

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    101. Maya Calderon

      wow that is so cool he was only 14?!? I
      didn’t know any of that

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    102. miley edwards

      loved this! so good!

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    103. Kaiden rhinehart friend me

      televison is so cool

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    104. Hannah

      What other inventions did Farnsworth create?

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    105. Dalton mccawley

      Wonder how much the 1st tvs were in today’s money?

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    106. Elise baltierrez

      That interesting

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    107. Calvin C

      WOW!!

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    108. Nash Bedsole

      How big was the first TV?

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    109. LC

      Sorry for being late to this episode.

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    110. Peyton Barrett

      I love seeing the vids.

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    111. Hadrian Hayes

      Thank you so much for Science Live Roger Billings!

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    112. Bushra

      Amazing!! Me and my dad LOVED THIS!!

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    113. Calvin Evans

      How does the television from yesterday compare against todays

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    114. Calvin Evans

      Is there anyway old televisions can handle new technology?

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    115. Calvin Evans

      Super interesting how the story of television works

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    116. Margarita Myakushina

      What was the first movie genre called ever?

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    117. Elijah Vanke

      Without Thomas Edison’s prior inventions, would it still have been possible to make a working television?

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    118. Persephone

      How do we do the kids science videos?

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    119. Persephone

      Always something new my whole family learns from these segments !

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    120. Logan

      I like that one

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    121. Kyndal

      That’s so cool

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    122. Joseph

      wow

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    123. Barrett Pirtle

      It’s interesting how television works and how it’s powered. How did you know all those things about TVs?

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    124. Amber Lilly

      I can’t even imagine life without modern entertainment like TV! I’m so glad we have it as a way to connect with each other and the rest of the world

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    125. Blake Daniel Mendez

      I LRND A LOT ITS FUN TO WACH HELPS A LOT ITS FUNNY IT INSPIYERD ME

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    126. Landon

      What do you think the world would be like without television?

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    127. Magnus Philgence

      That’s so interesting lol

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    128. Carmela Myers

      cool video lol!

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    129. Nylah

      I didn’t know that making movies was so complicated. I like the way Tobias explained it.

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    130. Wesley

      COOL

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    131. Wesley

      WOW!

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    132. Lydia hales

      cool! 🙂

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    133. Lexy

      It’s cool that there’s a tube in tvs

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    134. Sasha Golub

      I think it is so cool how television started from a fourteen year old boy, but one of the dolls should be teacher Susanne Mitko for social studies

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    135. zoe

      wow I never know how much television had such history thanks guys!(¬‿¬)(∘-º)

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    136. Emily

      I enjoyed learning how tv’s came to be.

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    137. Andrew

      I think I will have to get some updates 🤯🤯🤯🤯😵

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    138. Noel Brown

      In this video I learned a lot about Dr. Roger. Like, did you know they made a collection of little mini characters of R-51. Television, when it was very old, they had to turn the magnet to change the photos with a line.

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    139. Aleiah Bowman

      I found it interesting how they described the whole story of television.

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    140. david sandoval

      did you like being a magician?

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    141. Jada R. S. Pace-Kitchen

      The story of the television was inspiring.

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    142. Naqib

      WOW THIS IS SO COOL I LOVENLEARNING ABOUT TVS THIS IS THE BEST EPISODE OF MY LIFE> 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

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    143. Rahmatullah Nematy

      Yo TV is the best thing ever

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    144. Elizabeth loranger

      what if television did not exist

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    145. Lawrence Berdan

      My grandparents still have an old TV. My TV is new and has a lot of apps on it. I like it. I can’t imagine not having as many options for television.

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    146. sharlotte Sanchez

      Really cool!

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    147. shantal liloia

      really interesting to hear that essentially tv was made by electrons being painted on!

      Reply

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