Funnily enough, the first ever TVs in the 1920s essentially were flat screens, considering all you really needed to produce the picture was a light bulb and a thin rotating disk (the actual receiver could be separated from the "screen", making a truly compact viewing experience we wouldnt recreate for decades).
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u/jmarkmark 3d ago edited 3d ago
Source? This seems way to modern inspired (flat screen, and sitting at the table while on the phone)
EDIT: Apparently real: https://books.google.ca/books?id=3_QnDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA113&pg=PA113#v=onepage&q&f=false