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phonovision
phonovision n.
Brit. 
/ˈfəʊnə(ʊ)ˌvɪʒn/
, /ˈfəʊnə(ʊ)ˌvɪʒn/U.S. /ˈfoʊnəˌvɪʒ(ə)n/
now historical a system of television, invented by John Logie Baird but never publicly demonstrated, whereby vision and sound signals could be recorded on discs similar to gramophone records./ˈfoʊnəˌvɪʒ(ə)n/ΘΚΠ
society > communication > broadcasting > television > [noun] > types of television system
radiovision1924
colour television1927
phonovision1927
Scophony1932
stratovision1945
subscription television1945
Phonevision1947
pay television1950
subscription TV1950
telemeter1951
Web TV1952
pay TV1954
toll television1956
digital television1957
slot television1958
digital TV1959
satellite television1961
satellite TV1961
cable television1965
satellite1982
1927 Punch 7 Sept. 253/3 Mr. J. L. Baird, the inventor of television and phonovision, is reported as saying that some faces sound like a gargle.
1996 Tomorrow's World (B.B.C. TV script) 28 Oct. Not a lot of people know that Baird..invented the world's first video recorder which he called Phonovision. There was no videotape, so remarkably he found a way of recording pictures onto 78rpm records.
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