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...glass panel with a line drawn on it. In 1927, as Philo Farnsworth watched a receiver, his brother-in-law turned a slide in front of a camera. "There you are," said Farnsworth, "electronic television." It was not that simple: Farnsworth spent the next two decades fighting with RCA over patent rights, sinking into depression and drinking. He forbade his kids from watching TV, saying there was nothing worthwhile...
...manufacturers are trying their luck with digital video playback devices. Think of it as TiVo on the go. Plug it into a cable box or VCR to record shows, then watch them wherever. The 20GB Archos AV320 ($600) started the ball rolling, and the next heavy hitter could be RCA's RD2780 Lyra A/V Jukebox ($449), left, due in October. The heat is on as versions of a joint design by Intel and Microsoft, above, are slated to be produced and sold next year by Samsung, ViewSonic and others...
...Right. Phillips legendarily remarked, "That's a pop song, just 'bout." Pop as in a pop-music explosion. Phillips didn't sing or play an instrument, he didn't always produce the music that came out of his studio, and in 1955 he shortsightedly sold Presley's contract to RCA for $35,000. But his ear was infallible. He had the aural version of precognition. He retired a rich man--not because of Sun but because he was an early shareholder in another midcentury Memphis business, Holiday Inn. --By Richard Corliss...
...with country-and-western music. In 1951 he produced Rocket 88, often called the first rock-and-roll single, performed by Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm. Sun released Elvis Presley's first five singles, including That's All Right, before Phillips sold the singer's contract to RCA...
...RCA Records...