January 10, 2011

Radio Living Room of Tomorrow (Aug, 1939)

Filed under: Communications — @ 9:34 am
Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Aug, 1939
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Radio Living Room of Tomorrow

Simple in arrangement, and soft in color because of television, the suggested “radio living room of tomorrow” at the New York World’s Fair is open to visitors, who are permitted to inspect the various sight, sound and facsimile facilities while they are in operation.

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1. I don’t want to be a 20-20 hindsighter, but…
   Shouldn’t the chairs be closer to the 12″ TV?
   Should the movie screen be on the wall above and behind the TV?
   I see the radio-fax. Not sure what the subject matter would be.
   CNN Headlines? Suduko?

   Comment by jayessell — January 10, 2011 @ 11:19 am

2. Interesting how home movie equipment and the TV are now combined today.

   Comment by Kosher Ham — January 10, 2011 @ 12:33 pm

3. Very Art Deco, I like.

   jayessell: About radio-fax, think it as a primitive RSS feeder; whatever you subscribe from available content of that era.

   Comment by Jari — January 10, 2011 @ 2:58 pm

4. I suspect the faxes (faxi?) you recieve would be mostly interesting advertisements for products you want. LOL.

   Comment by jose — January 10, 2011 @ 7:16 pm

5. When you think of it, many PCs are taking place of all these things, including the fax, phone, phonograph, radio, television, and home movies. My desk machine has a tv tuner card and is connected to the cable as well as the internet, and has a cd/dvd player/recorder and can read SD cards of my own photos and video.

   Alas, it’s not Danish/Deco/Bauhaus teak.

   Comment by Toronto — January 10, 2011 @ 11:18 pm

6. My iPad does all this, and fits in my purse. O brave new world…

   Comment by Charlene — January 11, 2011 @ 1:48 pm

7. Charlene: you get terrestrial TV on your iPad? What’d you do, duct tape a Casio TV-800 to it?

   :0)

   And it’s still not Danish modern.

   Comment by Toronto — January 11, 2011 @ 4:30 pm

8. Speaking of chairs to watch TV from…
   http://www.rewardzone.theaterseatstore.com/

   Comment by jayessell — January 11, 2011 @ 4:37 pm

9. Terrestrial TV? What’s that again?

   (I kid: I don’t own a TV so I didn’t even think about that. I do have Netflix though.)

   Comment by Charlene — January 12, 2011 @ 2:51 pm

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