1933 in American television

none 1933 This is a list of American television-related events in 1933. Events February 15 - Final episode for the horror anthology television series The Television Ghost. The series primarily focused on ghost stories.Experimental Programs Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC&dq=The+Television+Ghost+1931&pg=PA317 2nd 3 978-0-7864-8641-0 Terrace Vincent 10 January 2014 April - In April 1933, the American inventor Philo Farnsworth submitted a patent application entitled Image Dissector, but which actually detailed a CRT-type camera tube.US 2087683 Farnsworth, Philo T. 1937-07-20 Image Dissector This is among the first patents to propose the use of a "low-velocity" scanning beam and RCA had to buy it in order to sell image orthicon tubes to the general public.Schatzkin Paul The Farnsworth Chronicles, Who Invented What -- and When?? http://www.farnovision.com/chronicles/tfc-who_invented_what.html 2010-01-10 farnovision.com However, Farnsworth never transmitted a clear and well focused image with such a tube.Abramson A. https://archive.org/details/zworykinpioneero0000abra/page/282/mode/2up Zworykin, Pioneer of Television University of Illinois Press 1995 978-0-252-02104-6 Urbana 282 29954436 1083768M registrationRose A. Iams H. A. September 1939 Television Pickup Tubes Using Low-Velocity Electron-Beam Scanning Proceedings of the IRE 27 9 547–555 10.1109/JRPROC.1939.228710 0096-8390 51670303 June- A research group at the Westinghouse Electronic Company headed by the American inventor Vladimir K. Zworykin presented the iconoscope to the general public in a press conference in June 1933,Laurence William L. June 27, 1933 Human-like eye made by engineers to televise images https://www.nytimes.com/1933/06/27/archives/humanlike-eye-made-by-engineers-to-televise-images-iconoscope.html New York Times and two detailed technical papers were published in September and October of the same year.Zworykin, V. K. September 1933 The Iconoscope, America's latest television favourite Wireless World 33 197Zworykin, V. K. October 1933 Television with cathode ray tubes Journal of the IEE 73 437–451 Unlike Philo Farnsworth's image dissector, the Zworykin iconoscope was much more sensitive, useful with an illumination on the target between 4ft-c (43lx) and 20ft-c (215lx). It was also easier to manufacture and produced a very clear image. The iconoscope was the primary camera tube used in American television broadcasting from 1936 until 1946, when it was replaced by the image orthicon tube.1936-11-15 R.C.A. Officials Continue to Be Vague Concerning Future of Television The Washington Post B2Abramson Albert https://books.google.com/books?id=JMTnTBmt7F0C&q=iconoscope+%22image+orthicon%22++%22old+orthicon%22 The history of television, 1942 to 2000 McFarland 2003 978-0-7864-1220-4 18 2010-01-10 October - In his continued attempts to improve his image dissector, the inventor Philo Farnsworth introduced a multipactor in October 1933.US 2071515 Farnsworth, Philo T. Electron Multiplying DeviceUS 2071517 Farnsworth, Philo T. Multipactor Phase Control Farnsworth's image dissector was the first practical version of a fully electronic imaging device for television.Abramson A. https://archive.org/details/historyoftelevis0000abra/page/158/mode/2up The History of Television, 1880 to 1941 1987 McFarland & Company 978-0-89950-284-7 Jefferson 159 15366931 2740120M registration It had very poor light sensitivity, and was therefore primarily useful only where illumination was exceptionally high (typically over 685 cd/m2).ITT Industrial Laboratories. December 1964 Vidissector - Image Dissector, page 1 http://www.aade.com/tubepedia/1collection/ITTid1.jpg dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100915115637/http://aade.com/tubepedia/1collection/ITTid1.jpg 2010-09-15 2010-02-22 Tentative Data-sheet ITTITT Industrial Laboratories. December 1964 Vidissector - Image Dissector, page 2 http://www.aade.com/tubepedia/1collection/ITTid2.jpg dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100915115708/http://aade.com/tubepedia/1collection/ITTid2.jpg 2010-09-15 2010-02-22 Tentative Data-sheet ITTITT Industrial Laboratories. December 1964 Vidissector - Image Dissector, page 3 http://www.aade.com/tubepedia/1collection/ITTid3.jpg dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100915115644/http://aade.com/tubepedia/1collection/ITTid3.jpg 2010-09-15 2010-02-22 Tentative Data-sheet ITT Births 1933 in television#Births Deaths 1933 in television#Deaths References 1933 *