Had to replace VCR due to failure! So now looking for a solution as I would like to broadcast to more than one TV!
I found this beauty a few months back, one of Crown's first portable TVs, the Crown CTV-12, another model that took awhile to find, now there's a few out there for sale. She'll clean up nicely, it's just surface grime, I want to dim-bulb it before I try it out, stay-tuned!
A friend of mine knew I liked boomboxes and gave me a few, nothing special but this GPX TV/Boombox TVP-3 is actually kind of nice. The build quality is slightly better than I'd expect from GPX, known for their discount electronics, and it looks pretty good. The speakers are round even though they look square, and the dual mic inputs also adds interest. I was working on some other projects so I didn't have time to fire it up and see if everything works but it looks minty on the outside so it should work fine.
You know most all of your Japanese domestic models you can listen to the TV bands on the radio, not watch. Just listen. Here's an example Sony cfs-v10 is the model number of this one
Yep, it's a great feature that I think would have sold here but I think they used their upper FM band and I think (because they were years ahead) they were, or did, go into early stereo TV by having the 2nd channel going through the FM. I'm going by a crusty memory, Longman might know for sure.....
This ad is most appropriate in this thread. That Sony is really expensive. I included the JVC as I'm sure that is what most people would buy if they had £230 to spare. I already had a Citizen similar to the Casio back then.
It's mind-blowing how expensive some of this stuff was. I'd love to see Techmoan do something with the TV units. I wonder what the special is, looks like you come out ahead with the Casio.
I just realised the Sony is "active matrix" so basically like all LCDs used for video today. How many people remember the dreadful "dual scan" screens used in many early laptops. The reason they introduced "Mouse trails" in Windows was because it was so easy to lose the mouse pointer. The better active matrix screen was something like a $1000 option on a 14" Dell. The Casio and Citizen weren't much better although the small low res screens helped speed them up. Casio did later make active matrix TVs I have one bought from eBay. New they were about 50% more than the passive ones. p.s. The 1995 Argos catalogue proves it. The £129 TV has a smaller screen but 60% more pixels which will also update faster. You would have a far better chance of reading the Motorcycle race numbers on the more expensive Active Matrix screen.
I forgot about the trails, I can't remember but I think my first laptop was around 2004, maybe the trail end of the tails? When I look at the Casio's, the less expensive model also looks cheap, I hated design in the early 90's with everything going round edges, if they were the same price/features I'd go with the more square box. I'd love to know the sales figures on those.
