Tele Vue: What’s in a Name?

February 27, 2017 TVO Staff

Where does the name Tele Vue come from? Just look at the initials: TV. Al Nagler’s initial products were television projector lenses. These lenses were placed in front of your television to project an enlarged image on a screen. That was “big screen TV” in 1977! However, Al also wanted a name that would be appropriate if he ever entered the amateur astronomy market.

Tele Vue's projection television system. — Tele Vue’s Tele-Kit TV Projection System.

Consumer Electronic Show 1977 article published in "Show Daily" about Tele Vue television projection lenses. — Tele Vue exhibited at the 1977 Consumer Electronics Show.

The secret is out: Edmund Sci. projection lenses were Tele Vue’s!