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Like historical drama, about geek stuff? Read about Philo Farnsworth. - deckeda - 05-08-2008
OK, so you heard he invented TV. Interesting story about how.
http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/farnsworth.html
http://www.farnovision.com/chronicles/tfc-intro.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philo_Farnsworth
Farnsworth's TV appearence, mentioned in the earlier links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKM4MNrB25o
^^ Watch the whole video. At the end he essentially describes HDTV, at a time when many (1957) didn't even have anything but a radio.
Re: Like historical drama, about geek stuff? Read about Philo Farnsworth. - ztirffritz - 05-08-2008
Re: Like historical drama, about geek stuff? Read about Philo Farnsworth. - deckeda - 05-08-2008
^^ He was named after him.