Who transmitted the first all electronic tv picture?
Answer
Philo T. Farnsworth
Farnsworth, then 21, transmitted a single straight line on 7 September 1927. Baird's rival system scanned the picture with a spinning perforated disc rather than electronically.
| Category | Inventions and Discoveries |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | Hard |
| Other options in the game | John Logie Baird, Vladimir Zworykin, Charles Francis Jenkins |
| Source | Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Philo Farnsworth' |
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Who transmitted the first all-electronic television image in 1927, using a tube he called the image dissector? The other options offered are John Logie Baird, Vladimir Zworykin, Charles Francis Jenkins.
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