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Topic: When did they stop refering to TVs as "television sets"?

Anonymous 057fb1c4226f7fb79e1786f9aecf14d4 started this discussion 2 months (2008-07-02 11:36:42 UTC) ago:

I notice in old TV shows that they always call TVs "television sets". When did they start calling them simply "TV"?

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Anonymous 7e2a3abb557e296057b5fd2bf820ba26 replied with this 2 months (2008-07-02 12:53:35 UTC) ago, 1 hour later (#30,095):

Not sure, but what I would like to know, is why nobody refers to them as "idiot boxes" anymore.

Anonymous 3ca2fb73d83d48adf475e92cceb7451d replied with this 2 months (2008-07-02 13:23:41 UTC) ago, 30 minutes later (#30,096):

@30,095

> why nobody refers to them as "idiot boxes" anymore.

Because they worked.

Anonymous 3d5b60f6272ef59c6cf5917a9d7e8cd9 replied with this 2 months (2008-07-03 01:01:08 UTC) ago, 12 hours later (#30,195):

@30,095

Because most people no longer see the problem with them