Do you remember the old projection televisions?

Jonathan Burnos
I AM Catholic
Published in
6 min readNov 28, 2022

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I remember wandering through the aisles of the electronic super stores marveling at the big screen tv’s. In the 1980’s, in order to see the largest projection televisions on the market you had to go to the special display area in the store to see the latest rare and expensive technology. These were reserved for the wealthy, and I could only dream. The one thing I remember about these screens was the three large color bulbs on the front of the box. The red, blue, and green lights reflected against a large mirror and bounced back onto a white screen. All of the colors were created for the picture display through these three colors. It was mystical. I never questioned why, I just stared at the picture that was created from these three colors.

All of the color seen by the human eye is either transmitted or reflected light consisting of a mixture of the 3 primary colors: red, green, and blue. Did the early church know this?

I became fascinated with Andrei Rublev’s artwork when I learned about the intricacies of his paintings. I saw a picture of the three angels in my RCIA class and I was amazed.

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Jonathan Burnos
I AM Catholic

Author, and public speaker. I write to know myself. I love to share ideas on self improvement, motivation, and the meaning of life.