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Mechanical television, an Uncommon card
Mechanical television or mechanical scan television is an obsolete television system that relies on a mechanical scanning device, such as a rotating disk with holes in it or a rotating mirror drum, to scan the scene and generate the video signal, and a similar mechanical device at the receiver to display the picture.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 75
- Power
- 149
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 61,000
Power 149 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Mechanical television quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Mechanical television card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
A mechanical television receiver was also called a ______.
Answer
televisor. A mechanical television receiver was also called a televisor. From the Mechanical television article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of science fiction. History of science fiction 84 · ZUN 80 · Mechanical television 74 · Claes Oldenburg 71 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- A mechanical television receiver was also called a televisor.
- This contrasts with vacuum tube electronic television technology, using electron beam scanning methods, for example, in cathode-ray tube televisions.
- Subsequently, modern solid-state liquid-crystal displays and LED displays are now used to create and display television pictures.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Mechanical television article was read about 61,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 75: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Mechanical television
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
More Arts cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Mechanical television in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Rosa BonheurUncommon · History · ATK 72 DEF 77
- SacrificeUncommon · Nature · ATK 76 DEF 73
- Claes OldenburgUncommon · Arts · ATK 71 DEF 78
- Abdullah AbdullahUncommon · History · ATK 72 DEF 77
- Bougainville conflictUncommon · History · ATK 73 DEF 76
- History of science fictionUncommon · Science · ATK 84 DEF 65
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Mechanical television (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
