Talk:Technologies in 2001: A Space Odyssey: Difference between revisions

 

Flatscreens were around long before 1972. The first effective flatscreen TV was the [[Aiken tube]], in development since the early 1950s and built in 1958. Due to a UK lawsuit by [[Dennis Gabor]], it never saw any use outside the military. The next step in IRL flatscreen design were TV [[plasma display]]s, which were invented [[Plasma display#History|as early as 1964]]. So flatscreen TV technology was definitely around by the film's release. Nor was ''2001'' the first sci-fi film in which flatscreen TV monitors were seen, as at least an earlier occurance is seen in the Polish-East German film ''[[First Spaceship on Venus]]'' (1960). --[[Special:Contributions/79.242.222.168|79.242.222.168]] ([[User talk:79.242.222.168|talk]]) 00:56, 6 June 2016 (UTC)