In the beginning, television was simple. Black and white. Maybe with some shades of gray if you want to split hairs. Even after the advent of color television there wasn’t much more to it. For decades a television was basically a cathode ray tube and a speaker hooked up to some electronics that translated electromagnetic waves into images and sound. Other technologies did gradually come along, but were reserved for the wealthy, » Read more: Trust Direct TV to Continue to Provide the Best Service Possible