[a fool in paradise]

Also, did people build off of the "discovery"/"invention" or did progress die there?

Some technologies, such as television had been in the works since the 1890s (with intentions dating back even further).

[Nepeta]

Some technologies, such as television had been in the works since the 1890s (with intentions dating back even further).

The development of television is a long story with lots of people working on bits and pieces of it. People were dabbling with broadcasting prior to WW2 in this country, but it was all experimental--hardly any receivers were out there receiving.

What a lot of Americans don't know is how most of the world broadcasts using a different system than we do (different refresh rate,among other things) which nobody cares about here except for fans of foreign movies who would like to watch DVDs from other countries (or American movies not in print here). (There is a fix--there are DVD players that will play any DVD, but you won't find them on retail shelves but in specialty outlets.