the.com/television
a hypnotist you invited inside, paid for, and thanked for the privilege
means a device that receives broadcast or streamed signals and turns them into moving pictures and sound on a screen.
from A Greek-Latin hybrid stitched together in the early 20th century: Greek 'tele-' (far, distant — the same 'tele' in telephone and telescope) bolted onto Latin 'visio' (sight, seeing). So it literally means 'far-seeing.' Purists at the time complained about the mongrel mixing of Greek and Latin roots, but the word stuck — and the thing it named went on to colonize the living room.
- first image
- a ventriloquist dummy named Stooky Bill, in 1925
- name origin
- half Greek, half Latin — purists were furious
- couch effect
- average American watches over four hours daily
- old glow
- early sets emitted small amounts of radiation
- sleep thief
- its blue light tricks your brain awake
for instance
game of thrones — hbo fantasy series that reached 19.3 million viewers in its 2019 finale
breaking bad — amc crime drama that premiered in 2008 and won 16 emmy awards