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The history of film (known variously as film, motion pictures or movies) began in the
late 1880s with the invention of the first movie camera.
Motion pictures were initially exhibited as a carnival novelty and developed to one of
the most important tools of communication and entertainment, and mass media in the
20th century and into the 21st century. Most films before 1930 were silent. Motion
picture films have substantially affected the arts, technology, and politics.
The movie theatre was considered a cheaper, simpler way to provide entertainment to
the masses. Movies became the most popular visual art form of the late Victorian age. It
was simpler because of the fact that before the cinema people would have to travel long
distances to see major dioramas or amusement parks. With the advent of the cinema this
changed. During the first decade of the cinema's existence, inventors worked to improve
the machines for making and showing films.
Commercially available since the late 1920s, the television set has become
commonplace in homes, businesses and institutions, particularly as a vehicle for
advertising, a source of entertainment, and news. Since the 1950s, television has been
the main medium for molding public opinion. Since the 1970s the availability of video
cassettes, laserdiscs, DVDs and now Blu-ray Discs, have resulted in the television set
frequently being used for viewing recorded as well as broadcast material. In recent years
Internet television has seen the rise of television available via the Internet.
Although other forms such as closed-circuit television (CCTV) are in use, the most
common usage of the medium is for broadcast television, which was modeled on the
existing radio broadcasting systems developed in the 1920s, and uses high-powered
radio-frequency transmitters to broadcast the television signal to individual TV
receivers.
A standard television set comprises multiple internal electronic circuits, including those
for receiving and decoding broadcast signals. A visual display device which lacks a
tuner is properly called a video monitor, rather than a television. A television system
may use different technical standards such as digital television (DTV) and high-
definition television (HDTV). Television systems are also used for surveillance,
industrial process control, and guiding of weapons, in places where direct observation is
difficult or dangerous. Some studies have found a link between infancy exposure to
television and ADHD.