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Visi-Screen  
  A display device.  

This is a very early use of this term.

The picture of Jupiter on the visi-screen was shifting erratically; a matter of a few seconds would tell the story...
Technovelgy from Satellite Five, by Arthur K. Barnes.
Published by Thrilling Wonder Stories in 1938
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See also the similar visiplate from Doc Smith's 1931 epic Skylark Three and the viewplate from Nowlan's Armageddon: 2419 A.D..

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