-=> JASEN BETTS wrote to CHARLES ANGELICH <=-

 MM>> The really strange ones were the ones with the 'large screen'. A
 MM>> 15", 50 pound hunk of magnifying glass bolted in front of a 9"
 MM>> picture tube. The only way it could be viewed was to be dead in
 MM>> front of the TV, and the whole family always huddled tight in
 MM>> that one spot. Naturally I picked a friend with plenty of sisters
 MM>> when I wanted to watch TV. :-))

 MM>> Today such a magnifying glass would probably cost twice the price
7 MM>> of the TV set itself.

 CA> That was replaced by a square of plastic on an arm to hang it in
 CA> front of the TV. Not quite as necessary to be in the center and
 CA> much less expensive. Haven't seen one in awhile though but I'd
 CA> wager they are still out there somewhere.

 JB> I'm going to mention "Brazil" again as every time that
sort of thing
 JB> comes up it remind me of the terminals in that movie, they must have
 JB> had a 4" Crt with a 12" fresnel magnifier.

 JB> last time I saw a fresnel lens it was attached to the back window of a
 JB> minivan and was concave not convex (and thefore dispersing instead of
 JB> magifying)

 Last time I saw one was in the Boston Museum of science or when
 I looked across Marblehead harbor at the lighthouse there.
 
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