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Old 06-09-2014, 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by init4fun View Post
Let's not forget a couple of things here ;

First , is that we had magnifiers that stood on the table right in front of the picture tube that made the image quite a bit larger and thus viewable from somewhat further away .

Second , we were not expecting 1080DPI HDMI quality , we were just darned happy to have moving pictures to go along with the radio . In some cases , this lack of clarity was actually a good thing in that every Zit , Mole , or Wart wasn't there in scarily clear well rendered colors ......
My oldest uncle bought the first TV in the family, a 7" Tele-tone. He put on one of those oil-filled magnifiers on it.
My mother remarked: "We'll wait a little while to buy a set. It has to be better than that. The picture's blurry and dark."
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