The first television in the Soviet Union - the mechanical, electronic and non-ferrous

Today TV - prose of life, it is impossible to surprise anyone.Every family man knows that lie on the couch, staring at his screen - the best way to annoy any, the most patient wife.But there were also times when the electronic device is delighted, surprised and gives hope for the omnipotence of technological progress.

first television in the Soviet Union was developed in 1932.He differed from those vehicles, which are used to our contemporaries in the last half-century.Its main feature is the complete absence of much-needed, at first glance, details like the picture tube.

design was opto-electro-mechanical, and the image arises from the rotation of a special disk illuminated by a neon lamp.Naturally, the "picture" was troubled, and was formed only 60 lines.The very thought up the concept of a German engineer Nipkow and domestic receiver created in Leningrad, at the plant them.Kozitskogo.Based on documented fact the first video stream held in the Soviet Union in 1931, it is estimated that on April 29 - the birthday of Soviet television.

Attempts to create a transmission network of mass consumption were made in different countries, but the Second World War for a long time diverted the world's best minds on the issue, forcing them to deal with the invention of weapons.Before the war, the Soviet Union had yet to produce a small number of receivers of "TK-1".It was the first television in the Soviet Union, equipped with CRT.

Older people often with nostalgia lens fixed to the screen - "saucers", without which to see anything was impossible.Since 1948, Moscow started regular video broadcasting, and to the largest possible number of workers to join the new kind of propaganda, was released in a broad sell first TV in the USSR, producing mass circulation - KVN-49.Decrypts this name is not as "KVN", an acronym composed of the first letters of the names of design engineers: Kenigson, Warsaw and Nicholas.

It was the first and the last case in our country, when appliances named in honor of its creators.The machine was produced until 1962, then there were other brands of TVs.The Soviet Union became one of the largest producers of "blue screens" in the world, commissioning of production facilities in various companies, including those that previously specialized only in defense production.

replaced KVN come "Record" with their own unique pattern.It was the first television in the Soviet Union, which greatly simplifies the repair due to the high degree of harmonization.

But progress does not stand still.At the forefront quality indicators receiving equipment.Among them - the screen size, reliability, beautiful appearance, ease of use and maintainability.But this is not enough, in the world of black and white image is gradually receding into history.

first color television in the USSR was made in 1954, but the mass production of "Rainbow" mastered only by 1967-mu, at the same time and started broadcasting in the new format, borrowed from the French (SECAM).Until the mid-70s the possession of such a device indicating the high level of income, and often there were cases when visitors come to look at this miracle of technology.

«Birches", "skyline", "Rubies", "electronic", "Silelis" produced in the Soviet Union en masse and eventually, despite the considerable cost, become a scarce commodity.Ahead was the information and electronic revolution, the first "Petrel" which became the very KVNy ...