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[-] Dolores@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

TV’s were already a popular concept before WW2 in the US

"In 1945, there were probably fewer than 10,000 sets in the country. This figure soared to about 6 million in 1950, and to almost 60 million by 1960" -"Television." The World Book Encyclopedia. even that 6 million is hardly a "staple" in a country of 151 million. you gotta remember that for how enormous the amount of film there is pre-war, it was all for movie theaters, not home broadcast

[-] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, but don't forget that you usually had 4-8 people per household, if not more, so its not like everyone is getting their very own individual television.

Also I wasn't saying that television was massive, I said the concept of them were and there was immense research and development into the technology. Effort that was redirected because of the war. There was great interest into the technology and as soon as production was shifted from military to civilian goods, the number skyrocketed.

"In 1946, 7,000 TV sets were sold; in 1948, 172,000 sets were sold; and in 1950, 5 million sets were sold. In the year 1950 per the United States Census, just under 20 percent of American homes contained a TV set, but by 1960 the figure had reached 90 percent." -Encyclopedia Britannica.

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