Who was the inventor of the first television and how was that television different from the one in your home?

John Beard invented TV and the differences are

• smaller in size; no large TV
• picture tube was a tube
• glass was used in the TV
• it was in black and white
• needed an antennae or rabbit ears to get the signal
• only 2-3 channels
• the TV stations went off the air at midnight
• no ability to tape or watch a show once it aired
• no reruns
• no movies
• alive TV only
• repair was done by the owner