When you're watching one of those Consolettes, you sit in front, so it looks like this:
I thought that set was clunky looking when I first got it, but now I've grown to like it.
More (and more, and more) about my 49-1240 in this article:
http://www.antiqueradio.org/Philco49-1240Television.htm
Regarding the three-screen TV, that was a Gernsback "what if" article, which discussed various possible methods for multi-screen sets. You can read the full article here:
http://www.antiqueradio.org/RadioCraftAugust1935.htm
Regards,
Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html