Re: That Magic TV screen

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From: Galen Raben
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 22:14

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In sci.electronics, aj008@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Aaron M. Barnes) writes:

>Have any of you seen the 30 minute infomercial for the "Magic TV"?
>The point of the show is to get you to buy a plastic screen which
>you place in front of your 13" TV and the 25" screen magnifies th
>e TV to look like like a 25".
...
>Anyway,might any of you folks out there know what the screen is mad
>e out of?

Sounds like a plastic fresnel (spelling?) lens...
Edmund Scientific used to sell these to hobbyists for making solar
furnaces and homemade overhead projectors...  Can't imagine one of
these being good enough for TV viewing though, unless it's cut very
fine.

You should be able to find these in a local science/educational/nature
store... dunno about cost though.

- Galen -

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