The News Of Tomorrow, Today
The News Of Tomorrow, Today
Tv History
Matt Novak
HBO’s new miniseries Chernobyl has gotten a lot of attention for its gory realism. Radiation from a nuclear power plant disaster is brutal for the human body, to say the least. But the explicit nature of Chernobyl almost pales in comparison to some of the things that were shown in…
Back in 1938, TV wasn’t really a thing yet. But that didn’t stop people from already dreaming about the wild future of tiny, personalised TV sets. One perfect example is this bizarre contraption from a British company, dubbed the “Television Monocle”.
The at your fingertips. And above all, it was supposed to have a big arse TV. Today, Americans can buy enormous TVs for relatively cheap. But we’re still waiting on this wall-to-wall TV of the future from 1958.
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