Many recent TV advancements owe their invention, development or central concept to mechanical television. Think it's new? Check out the chart below.
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| DVD | Nipkow Spinning Disc |
| Plasma TV | Moore Neon Glow Tube |
| Helical VCR Drum | Weiller Scanning Drum |
| TI Digital Micromirrors | LeBlanc Vibrating Mirrors |
| Liquid Crystal Light Valves | Kerr & Karolus Light Valves |
| TiVo | Baird Phonovision |
| Remote Control Device | Manual Sync by Pendant Switch |
| Infrared-Sensitive Camcorder | Baird Noctovision |
| Laser projection | Moore Crater tube projection |
| Supermarket flying spot scanner | TV studio flying spot scanner |
| Three-gun, RGB color | Ives Three-lamp, RGB color |
| Modulated laser pictures | Simon Modulated arc pictures |
| Video recording | Ives Intermediate film process |
