"Television: the revolution," ([1944])

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"THE MOVING FINGER WRITES —" 25 distinct. Then there's a volume control for sound, and a power switch. That's all. Before the war, a sight-receiver cost a mod- erate fortune. If you wanted pictures approxi- mating home movie size, the tariff was about six hundred dollars plus installation. There is every indication that the retail price of good television receivers will soon take a nose-dive. We hope. Installing a television receiver in your home isn't like moving in a new divan. Because of the very short wave lengths involved, the exact po- sitioning of the antenna and reflectors is an im- portant matter. Rigging up your receiver and antenna will be the work of two men for the better part of a day. Once the receiver is installed it causes prac- tically no headaches. It will use a little more current than your electric refrigerator. Any child who has successfully passed the eighth grade can operate it. And unless Junior aims his bee-bee gun at the television screen, there's not much that can go wrong. * * * Video engineers are preparing many im- provements in television transmission. Soon