The Set of the Future

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 7, 29 August 1930, Page 4

The Set of the Future

Remote Control ye is predicted that ten years from now the installation of a compiete radio set in the fam'ly living room will be almost as rare as that of a coal! bin in the same place. With the development of simple methods for remote control of tuning .nd volume, the only pa. ts needed in the room are the speake. and the controls. All the rest of the mechanism can be hidden in a closet, attic or basement. The consequent’ elimination of the console cabinet that is now used to / conceal the equipment will more thaiiY pay for the cost of the remote control apparatus. The. speaker and the controls can be built into the wall, several of them being used for different rooms if so desired. The modern home of the future will contain a small sized and improved replica of the centralised radio installations now being made in large apartments and hotels. A radio set was originally a laboratory instrument, and next a toy for boys; it is now. a piece of furniture and is destined to become a domestic utensil.