<Li> 1938 : DuMont Laboratories manufactures and sells the first all - electronic television sets to the public . Baird gives the first public demonstration of color projection television . The BBC broadcasts the world 's first ever television science fiction ( R.U.R. ) , and television crime series ( Telecrime ) ; in one of the lengthiest experimental television broadcasts , the BBC broadcasts a 90 - minute version of Edmond Rostand 's Cyrano de Bergerac , starring Leslie Banks , Constance Cummings , and James Mason </Li>
<Li> 1938 : DuMont Laboratories manufactures and sells the first all - electronic television sets to the public . Baird gives the first public demonstration of color projection television . The BBC broadcasts the world 's first ever television science fiction ( R.U.R. ) , and television crime series ( Telecrime ) ; in one of the lengthiest experimental television broadcasts , the BBC broadcasts a 90 - minute version of Edmond Rostand 's Cyrano de Bergerac , starring Leslie Banks , Constance Cummings , and James Mason </Li>
when did the first television go on sale
when did the first television go on sale
1938
1938