Like historical drama, about geek stuff? Read about Philo Farnsworth.

[deckeda]

OK, so you heard he invented TV. Interesting story about how.

http://www.time.com/time/time100/scienti...worth.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.

[ztirffritz]

[deckeda]

^^ He was named after him.