Picturephone
AmericanEtymology
Origin of Picturephone
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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Visitors were dazzled by color-television demonstrations and the Picturephone, an early video-calling system that prefaced technologies developed decades later.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
Much has improved since the days of the Picturephone: picture quality, audio quality, ease of setup, and cost.
From Slate • Jun. 29, 2016
Space Objects Registry, Telstar has been orbiting the earth since its launch in 1962, when Bell Labs still held hope for the Picturephone.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2012
Whereas the regular phone uses only one circuit, Picturephone in its current stage needs the equivalent of 125 of them�for the 125 hair-fine lines on its tiny TV screen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two weeks ago A.T.&T. announced that it will soon cross yet another frontier in technology: it will put into public operation the world's first see-as-you-talk Picturephone service.
From Time Magazine Archive
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