Over the last 20,000 the tools we have used have changed beyond recognition: spears to missiles, wall paintings to Adobe Photoshop, theatre to film.

One century, the 20th century, emerges as the rapid accelerator of change and progress, and nothing in that century illustrates the progress man has made more than a simple box: the television. A medium that reaches out to the masses, that can make us laugh and cry; a medium that has created fortunes, fostered ideologies and shaped the world.

That is why we’d like to provide you with just a sample of some of the coolest looking television sets from the ages and offer a picture for the future: from the 1920’s to tv sets, which haven’t even been released, this is our vision of progress.

1/ Semivisor TV by Rene Bartholemy from 1928 (Image: Musée des arts et métiers)

2/ Baird Televisor from 1930 (Image: Early Television Foundation)

3/ Charles Jenkins Co. TV from 1931 (Image: Early Television Foundation)

4/ Farnsworth – GV-260 from 1947 (Image: TVHistory.tv)

5/ Zenith Tyler TV from 1952 (Image: TVHistory.tv)

6/ Kuba Komet home entertainment system from 1960 (Image: TVhistory.tv)

7/ Sony TV designed by Zarach in 1969 (Image: TVHistory.tv)

8/ Sony TV-400V Micro TV from 1974 (Image: Retro Thing)

9/ TechnoVision MINISCULE 205 from 2007 (Image: TechnoVision.it)

10/ A Japanese tiny TV that has only just been released in Japan (Image: BBC)