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Originally Posted by crich70
Early TV sets were the same. That's why it was such a big deal to win one on the early quiz or game shows of the 1950's. They were very expensive back then and many couldn't afford to buy one. VCR's were over $1,000.00 in the early days and it took a while for them to drop to where many could afford them too. That's also why many people couldn't read back in the old days. Books were expensive to produce prior to the printing press. Louis XIV was considered rich because he had a large library of 24 volumes. New tech always gets cheaper after a while.
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You are aware that book printing was already there for at least two centuries?