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To be honest before I checked out the article in Time, I had no clue. I was thinking, how important could he be if I've never heard of him. Guess you learn something everyday.
Philo Farnsworth is credited with the creation/discovery/invention of the television. He did not let his kids watch tv programming because he did not feel there was anything worthwhile to watch. As Time Magazine quotes, "Throughout my childhood his reaction to television was 'There's nothing on it worthwhile, and we're not going to watch it in this household, and I don't want it in your intellectual diet.' " I'd say he had a jump on what things were to come from this accomplishment he had.
Philo Farnsworth was an inventor credited for creating the first electronic television (and video camera tube) and demonstrating it to the public.
He didn't allow his children to watch any television because he felt that he had created a "monster" and that there was "nothing on it worthwile."
What does this say about the quality of TV programming? When the creator of the television itself literally hates his own invention, the quality must be pretty bad...and it is.
Philo Farnsworth was best known for the invention of the completely electronic Television. He would not let his kids watch Television. He thought that it was a waste of time and that no good could come from watching television
The key to the television picture tube came to him at 14, when he was still a farm boy, and he had a working device at 21.
His attitude toward the uses that had been made of his invention was more ferocious. His son Kent was once asked what that attitude was. He said, "I suppose you could say that he felt he had created kind of a monster, a way for people to waste a lot of their lives."
He added, "Throughout my childhood his reaction to television was 'There's nothing on it worthwhile, and we're not going to watch it in this household, and I don't want it in your intellectual diet.' "
So we may end Farnsworth's story by saying that he was not only the inventor of television but also one of its earliest and most perceptive critics.
miPhilo Farsworth's claim to fame came from his invention of the first, completely electronic television. Along with this, he introduced the TV System to the public, and invented the first video camera. Farnsworth was strict about television watching in his family. He stated that he did not have it when he was a child, and there is nothing worthwhile on it. He did not want this to flood his childrens minds. If there was nothing worthwhile on the television at this time period, then it would seem that the tv was not a very big hit at this time period. You cannot blaim people for not catching onto this because the production costs were so low at this time you expected more than you got. The very beginning of something is never the best, you have to let trial and error take its course to satisfy people.
miPhilo Farsworth's claim to fame came from his invention of the first, completely electronic television. Along with this, he introduced the TV System to the public, and invented the first video camera. Farnsworth was strict about television watching in his family. He stated that he did not have it when he was a child, and there is nothing worthwhile on it. He did not want this to flood his childrens minds. If there was nothing worthwhile on the television at this time period, then it would seem that the tv was not a very big hit at this time period. You cannot blaim people for not catching onto this because the production costs were so low at this time you expected more than you got. The very beginning of something is never the best, you have to let trial and error take its course to satisfy people.
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Philo T. Farmsworth was the inventor of the first eletronic television. He was also the first to make a working electronic image pickup device (video camera tube), and the first to demonstrate an all-electronic television system to the public.
He did not allow his children to watch television because he thought it was a waste of time. He believed that nothing of any intellectual value was shown on t.v.
Philo Farnsworth was the first inventor to transmit a television image comprised of 60 horizontal lines. The image transmitted was a dollar sign. Farnsworth developed the dissector tube, the basis of all current electronic televisions.The strange thing was he didnt allow his children to watch television. This was not allowed because of him explaining how t.v. was a bad influence on younger children.
To me, if even the inventor of television is saying that it's badly influencing for children, then something isn't right. And I'm sure that many television programs have gotten worse or taken a whole new turn.
Philo Farnsworth was an American Engineer that is credited with the discovery/invention of the television.He was the first inventor to transmit a television image comprised of 60 horizontal lines..The image was a dollar sign$$$. He also invented the dissector tube, the basis of all current electronic televisions. He didn't let his kids watch television at all."There is nothing worth while on it, and we are not watching it in this house hold.I wont have it in your intellectual diet."
Philo Farnsworth was widely famous for building the first electronic television and the amount of television that he allowed his children to watch was to never wtach because he pictured that the television was a waste of time. It says that the quality of TV programming has come a long way and is improving everyday and also that early critics were arguing about television during the 1940s.
Philo Farnsworth is the famous inventor of the electronic television. Phil did not want his childern to watch t.v. "There's nothing on it worthwhile, and thier not going to watch it in his household, and he don't want it in thier intellectual diet." He see's that he had created something bad,exspecially if people were going to watch for the rest of there lives.
Philo Farnsworth was the inventor of the electronic television and demonstraing to the public.He didnt allow his kids to watch tv because he said "nothing on it worthwile" and the quality of the shows werent probably worth watching either.
Philo Farnsworth invented the very first electronic television system.
He did not allow his children to watch any television when they were younger. Philo had thought he created a "monster" and that there was "nothing worthwhile on tv."
When the own inventor of the system was the first to criticizes his own work, than that means that the tv is not of very goog quality.
Philo Farnsworth invented the first electronic television. As many others, I too had no idea who Farnsworth was before reading this article. I think it is amazing that he had the concept of electronic television at the age of 14 and had it working by age 21. Ironically, Farnsworth did not allow his children to watch T.V. One of his children said his father believed he created a monster, and there was nothing on T.V. worth watching. If the inventor himself thought television was a waste of time, maybe we should take his advice. On the other hand, I don't think Farnsworth understood what an accomplishment he had. Because of television, we have learned so much about other countries and societies.
Philo farnsworth was the inventor of the first electric television.
Philo didn't allow television watching in his home. Philo reaction to television was There's nothing on it worthwhile. The quality of television programming must not have been worth wathching if the inventor of the television didn't allow his family to watch the television.
Philo Farnsworth is credited with the invention of the television. He would not let his kids watch Television. He stated that he did not have it when he was a child, and there is nothing worthwhile on it. He did not want this to flood his childrens minds. He thought that it was a waste of time and that no good could come from watching television.
Farnsworth invented the first all-electronic television system at 21-years-old.He didn’t allow his children to watch TV and said it was unnecessary for his kids’ intellectual diets. (Ha.) Apparently there was an overabundance of shallow fluff programming from the beginning.
Philo Farnsworth had nothing on it worthwhile and we're not going to watch it in this household and I don't want it in your Intellectoul diet. Conceived the idea of electronic televeision. It was America largest and most powerful corporations. One kind of guy
Philo Farnsworth was the inventor and first critic of the television. At a young age he created the television and then followed up with the comment that there is nothing worthwhile on it. He did not allow his children to watch television at all. He did not want it a part of their "intellectual diet". This tells me that the quality of T.V. programming is garbage due to the fact the inventor of the television thinks it's in so many words crap.
I had never heard of Philo Farnsworth before I read this article. It is ironic that he invented the television but did not let his children watch it because he did not want it in their "intellectual diet."
Phio Farnsworth invented of the Television. He would not let his children watch it because he said, "There's nothing on it worthwhile, and we're not going to watch it in this household, and I don't want it in your intellectual diet." Farnsworth thought he created a monster
philo farnsworth was the inventor of the first television. His son Kent was once asked what that attitude was. He said, "I suppose you could say that he felt he had created kind of a monster, a way for people to waste a lot of their lives."
philo said "Throughout my childhood his reaction to television was 'There's nothing on it worthwhile, and we're not going to watch it in this household, and I don't want it in your intellectual diet.' "
Philo farnsworth invented the first television. However; even though he invented television, he did not want his children to watch it. He felt..."Theres nothing worth wild on it, and we are not going to watch it in this household..." He felt he had created a "monster"
It is pretty bad when televisions own inventor wont watch T.V. Or wont let anyone in his family watch it either. He was probably his own toughest critic
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