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The article will discuss who the inventors of projectors were.

Some people might say that this is an easy question to answer, and that because it was invented by Thomas Edison, they already know the answer. 

 

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However, as we are going to find out in this article, there might be more than one inventor of the projector! 

 

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Whoever it was that invented the projector, they have done a great service to humankind and brought us one step closer to living in a virtual world. 

 

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But who was the first person to invent this amazing device?

The history of projectors as we know it today is a very short one. In the year 1891, Thomas Edison was trying to invent a new and more efficient way to create movies. 

 

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He had been trying for quite some time to create an invention that would produce images like those seen in his movie studio in New Jersey.

 

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 His most popular invention of all time, the lightbulb, was still not ready; therefore, he had been forced indoors and away from the real world. He had been very depressed since the patent office rejected his patents of a battery-powered car, and he was starting to lose faith in himself. 

 

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After many unsuccessful efforts, Thomas Edison decided to "sleep on it." Around 2:00 am, he had a dream that he was viewing images from a device that projected images onto a screen. 

 

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This invention was so important to him that he woke up in the middle of the night with his heart pounding and with sweat dripping off his forehead; this only added to the frustration he felt because he could not remember all of his dream. Famous people born in 1875

 

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A projector is an optical device used to project a light image of a physical object onto a surface. The first projection devices were developed as an alternative to magic lanterns, which used candles and handheld lenses to produce images.

 

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 In the modern world, projectors have become ubiquitous in entertainment applications such as movie theaters and video game consoles.

 

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During its early development, it was not called "an electric lamp" but was termed an "optical toy". At the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, powered lamps with photo-mechanical shutters based on the phenakistoscope principle were demonstrated.

 

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 Also, a patent was issued for the first battery-operated slide projector. In 1907, US inventor Thomas Edison stated that "the motion picture is not a mere novelty but an invention which will certainly be of great importance in enlightening and informing the mass of the people. An apparatus which complements the work of the schoolroom and the library." 

 

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In 1926, most films were made to be seen through projection; however, it was not until 1927 that sound was first synchronized with film. Although there had been other sound systems for single-system projectors since pneumatic power in 1917. 

 

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The advent of talking pictures further increased the desirability of projection due to its capability for indicating song title or singer as well as actor name.

 

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The 1930s was the golden age of sound projection, which gave greater motivation to projectors of all kinds. They became more sophisticated and adapted to serve as home entertainment as well as work tools. The 1940s saw the introduction of color projection, accompanied by a wide variety of audio options, including surround sound. In the late 1950s, television began to replace film as a source of moving pictures.

 

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The popularity of television further increased the demand for home movie systems and some models became available with built-in televisions. Projection systems were not very popular with consumers because of the high cost associated with lamps, screens and speakers that had higher efficiency than a projector (and therefore were less efficient for serving multiple rooms).