what year was it when the television set was made available to the public for purchase?

Arlen Hamper: Google it

Marquetta Gimm: 1936.First broadcasts around London.Suspended at outbreak of war in September 1939

Carmelina Enoch: John Logie Baird struggled to convince the BBC of television’s potential, and it wasn’t until September 30th, 1929, that the first public telecast was made. The viewing audience was watching fewer than thirty receivers. In 1928, Baird was working on 'colour' television. He proved the possibility of outside broadcasting in 1931, when he televised the Derby race meeting. The following year, an astounded theatre audience watched the race on Baird’s TV screen, measuring eight feet by ten feet. The first all-electronic television camera tube, the iconoscope, was invented in 1923 and eventually successfully introduced in 1933 by the American engineer, Vladimir Kosma Zworykin. This all-electronic system, using cathode ray tubes, displaced the mechanical system, and is the basic principle used today. During the 1930’! s, almost identical television advances were made in Britain and the United States, and stations were increasing their regular TV transmissions. On April 30th, 1939, the first regular commercial television broadcasts were begun in New York. All television production was suspended during World War II, but experiments continued. In 1941, Baird had developed a six hundred line 'colour' television system, and was working on stereoscopic TV when he died in 1945. In 1946, after World War II, TV began to burst upon the scene with a speed unforeseen even by the most optimistic leaders of the industry. The novelty of seeing TV pictures in the home caught the public’s fancy and began a revolution in the world of entertainment. By 1950, television had grown into a major part of show business. Many film and stage stars switched to TV. Television audiences increased. Stations that once telecast a few hours a day sometimes telecast around the clock in the 1960’s....Show more

Aubrey Tirri: Britain was the first country in the world! to have countrywide television service, in 1936,sets were availible to buy from that date,they were very expensive, about £5,000 in today's money, most people rented them, so much a week.America started test services in the early 30's, the first proper service seems to have started in new york in 1939, google it, a lot of information on there.