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

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

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

"Brazil" is a movie I rewatch frequently. :-) 

That everything seemed to be working without covers and all the
parts exposed tickled me too. I love movies with lots of
gadgets in them. 

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

I saw some in a department store but it may have been 20-30
years ago in their TV department. I was shocked, even then,
that they would make it so obvious how small their TVs actually
were. It looked 'odd' as it does in the Brazil movie and no one
liked 'odd' in their living rooms at the time. 

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