English

Introduced in 1939, the RCA Victor TRK 12 was the first commercial television set available in the United States. This one is on display in the Wolfsonian-FIU museum in Miami, Florida, USA.

A modern Toshiba Regza LCD television set

Noun

television set ‎(plural television sets)

1. (dated, before 1960) A television; an electronic device that receives television signals, and displays the resulting images on a screen.

Synonyms

• (television): TV, TV set

Coordinate terms

• (television): radio set

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