History of Video Technology

Birth of Video

Video (or moving electronic images, according to Wouter du Toit in his video, “How was Video Invented”)came about from changing a 2-dimensional light signal into a 1-dimensional electronic signal.

  • How was this done? The first time it was while using a very early version of the fax machine. (We now think of the fax machine as archaic but it’s more archaic then we’d guess: It’s first version dates back to 1843!) (This section needs work!)
  • Visit “How Was Video Invented?
  • <img src=”https://moveanima.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/john-logie-baird-1st-video-camera-1.jpg&#8221; alt=”John Logie Baird with his first video camera” style=”border: 3px solid black; paddign: 10px;”<

    John Logie Baird with his first video camera

    John Logie Baird, 1st video camera