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I have a 1986 Playboy and in the "Tech Section" there is a image of a "video phone" which was basically a landline phone setup with a tiny 5" B&W screen with an
by at-fates-hands 6y ago
I have a 1986 Playboy and in the "Tech Section" there is a image of a "video phone" which was basically a landline phone setup with a tiny 5" B&W screen with an image of the person you were talking to and it was hailed as the future of communications.
Behold, the Luma Telecom Video Telephone:
Looks like a press release from 1986:
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/04/22/Luma-Telecom-Inc-has-broken-through-the-high-cost-barrier/4751514530000/ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/04/22/Luma-Telecom-Inc-has...
If you wanted some pics:
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-mitsubishi-luma-video-phone-works https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-mitsubishi-lu...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fujipc/4578540563 https://www.flickr.com/photos/fujipc/4578540563
- rsynnott 6y agoEven weirder, things like this were still being marketed this century: https://www.theregister.com/2004/09/15/amstrad_e3_launch/ https://www.theregister.com/2004/09/15/amstrad_e3_launch/
- brazzy 6y agoWell, that was 3 years before the launch of the iPhone. It totally made sense at that time.
- ghaff 6y agoThere was a picturephone booth demonstration at the 1964 world's fair: https://ethw.org/Picturephone https://ethw.org/Picturephone