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Fascinating article from the April 1970 issue of Films in Review discussing the effect a pair of proposed "home entertainment" systems would have on the 8 and 16 millimeter projection market. Much like the resistance to Laser from VHS enthusiasts and DVD from Laser buffs there was quite a bit of skepticism and hand wringing from home projectionists at the time... Two scanned pages available at Flickr...
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