P. Forman & R.W. SaintJohn (Sc. Am. 35-40)


history

  • 1939 -- New York World Fair -- formal debut of television broadcast

the receiver at the RCA Pavillon was way ahead of its time, it was a combination of television - radio - recorder - playback - facsimile - projector ...

(that in hindsight suggests that we humans have a fundamental desire to merge all media in one entity)