Tiny “Tellies” (Feb, 1947)
Filed under: Television — @ 4:14 am
Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Feb, 1947
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Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Feb, 1947
Buy on Ebay
Tiny “Tellies” were the centers of attraction at recent television shows on both sides of the Atlantic. The table model at right, below, was displayed at an exhibition in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. The set is encased in Lucite to permit an interior view. The receiver below was featured at a British show in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Proto-iMac on the right, there.
Comment by JeffK — December 29, 2007 @ 1:44 pm
I saw that too!
The 1938 Worlds’ Fair had Lucite Televisions also, to prove they were not a prop with a hidden 16mm projector inside.
Comment by jayessell — December 29, 2007 @ 3:07 pm
Here’s that see through television.
The CRT is mounted vertically and the image is seen in a mirror in the lid.
http://www.tvhistory.tv/1939_J....._TRK12.jpg
Get a load of this:
http://www.cathodecorner.com/sc100Crtside.jpg
Yours for $500.
Comment by jayessell — December 30, 2007 @ 2:35 pm
You’re right, but I think the one on the left’s a bit iPodish too!
(Why did it take me eight tries to get “the” right?)
Comment by Blurgle — December 30, 2007 @ 7:58 pm