Recent Posts tagged with telephonoscope

Where Are We Going, & How Did We Get Here (The Past) by Mark Schubin

By Michael msilbergleid | Monday, June 1, 2015 - 1:04 am

Recorded during “An Evening with Mark Schubin” at the SMPTE New England Section, Dedham Holiday Inn on May 14, 2015. Learn the extraordinary history of the technology of motion pictures […]  More

Getting the Big Picture

By Mark Schubin | Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 4:55 pm

  When did theatrical television begin? Would you believe 1877? On March 29 of that year, someone using the pen name “Electrician” described a device called an “electroscope,” some sort […]  More

What It Was Was Television

By Mark Schubin | Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 2:58 pm

  Did Thomas Edison predict television? According to some histories, the answer is yes, and the evidence is the image below, published on December 9, 1878 and captioned “Edison’s Telephonoscope […]  More

When Did We Come From?

By Mark Schubin | Sunday, December 5, 2010 - 1:33 pm

  NPR’s On the Media has been my favorite news show. They explain the how and why of media issues, debunk myths, and correct errors — even their own. When […]  More

Television in 1882

By Mark Schubin | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 11:29 am

For a long time, I’ve been familiar with the illustrations of the French artist and writer Albert Robida because of his “predictions” of television as early as 1882.  But, until […]  More

The First Sports Video

By Mark Schubin | Friday, July 10, 2009 - 11:26 am

Sports video began a long time ago  More