My TV turned 25 in August
19" Sony Trinitron. Sony doesn't make 'em like they used to!
Television celebrates a monumental anniversary today: it has been exactly 75 years since the first public service broadcast was transmitted. On 2 November 1936, the BBC began filling the airwaves, broadcasting from its Alexandra Palace facility in North London. The one station started with just two hours of programming a day …
Well first of all back then people didn't care about 'market acceptance'. TV was just a technical benchmark. Just like flying to the moon.
In fact, German television, which started in March 22, 1935, even spawned a whole industry. For decades, stations all over PAL Land got German equipment.