Competition Breeds Innovation: The competition between television manufactures helped produce better, less expensive television sets for the consumers. Compare the competition between television manufacturers during the 1940s and 1950s with computer companies today.

Regardless of the decade, people will always want technology with the best quality at the lowest price. Electronics are the medium that the majority of the public receives their entertainment and news from. They have become an essential part of our everyday lives. Therefore, companies are always trying to come up with the next big thing to gain an edge on their competition. Luckily for consumers, competition also breeds innovation.

In the 1940s and 1950s, families wanted the latest and greatest television to view their favorite programs on. According to the article, "Vintage Televisions", television sets had their largest growth period 1946 through 1955 (www.collectorsweekly). The article went on to state that television manufacturing companies, like RCA, GE, and Zenith dominated the market. The size of the screen and set varied and changed over the years to meet the needs of the consumers and television programmers. New gimmicks and technology helped TV companies. For example, when the networks began producing television shows in color, TV companies began to sell the new technology, and tried to make their product better than their competitors.

Similarly, computer companies and television manufactures both strive to put their products in the homes of the consumers. Now that computers are evolving into the preferred medium, companies are in fierce competition to make the better product. For example, Apple and Microsoft are constantly trying to one up each other. However, Apple is dominating with their superior operating system and innovations such as iTunes.

"Vintage Televisions." Collectors Weekly. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Aug. 2012. <http://www.collectorsweekly.com/radios/televisions>.