[Jeffhs]

Yes, the Spacephone and Zoom features of high-end Zenith console TVs of the '70s were ahead of their time, all right. However, they weren't around for long. I think Zenith dropped the Spacephone from its sets by the late '70s-early '80s; the Zoom feature was discontinued shortly thereafter.

I once saw an advertisement for Zenith's Spacephone which showed three men sitting on a couch in front of a Spacephone equipped TV. Right in the middle of a program, the sound of a ringing telephone comes over the speakers, at which point one of the men picks up the remote, hands it to the guy in the middle, and says, "Hubie, answer the television."

I laughed out loud when I saw that ad in a magazine. The copy writers for Zenith's ads really had a sense of humor.