Comments on: Ad: Micro TV Breakthrough http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/21/ad-micro-tv-breakthrough/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:49:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/21/ad-micro-tv-breakthrough/#comment-1059657 jayessell Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:03:54 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/21/ad-micro-tv-breakthrough/#comment-1059657 Boyd: Panasonic is a strong possibility. It did have similar electronic tuning. (A green bar at the bottom of the screen.) It's just that Trinitron = Sony. The rounded corners sounds like what those wacky guys would do! (Are there Men In Black for time travel?) Boyd:
Panasonic is a strong possibility.
It did have similar electronic tuning.
(A green bar at the bottom of the screen.)
It’s just that Trinitron = Sony.
The rounded corners sounds like what those wacky
guys would do!

(Are there Men In Black for time travel?)

]]> By: boyd diez http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/21/ad-micro-tv-breakthrough/#comment-1059655 boyd diez Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:16:25 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/21/ad-micro-tv-breakthrough/#comment-1059655 Jay, Maybe they weren't by Sony. Friends at Panasonic tell me that they actually made a 2.5 in color crt model at around that time. Even their sister company JVC made one too but the ones I saw were japan only. Boyd Jay,

Maybe they weren’t by Sony. Friends at Panasonic tell me that they actually made a 2.5 in color crt model at around that time. Even their sister company JVC made one too but the ones I saw were japan only.

Boyd

]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/21/ad-micro-tv-breakthrough/#comment-1059095 jayessell Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:47:19 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/21/ad-micro-tv-breakthrough/#comment-1059095 Boyd... Thanks. I still think Time Travel Paradox. Could that explain ghost and UFO sightings? Maybe the world isn't exactly the way we think it is. Boyd…
Thanks.
I still think Time Travel Paradox.
Could that explain ghost and UFO sightings?
Maybe the world isn’t exactly the way we think it is.

]]> By: boyd diez http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/21/ad-micro-tv-breakthrough/#comment-1059080 boyd diez Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:58:44 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/21/ad-micro-tv-breakthrough/#comment-1059080 I collect a lot of small Sonys and I don't recall there ever being a 2.5 in Trinitron although there were 2.5 inch handheld color LCD units (watchman)that were sold JDM (Ja[pan Domestic Market). The closest unit I know of is the Sony KV-4000 / 4100 series that had a tilt up base and a microcassette recorder built in. Boyd I collect a lot of small Sonys and I don’t recall there ever being a 2.5 in Trinitron although there were 2.5 inch handheld color LCD units (watchman)that were sold JDM (Ja[pan Domestic Market).

The closest unit I know of is the Sony KV-4000 / 4100 series that had a tilt up base and a microcassette recorder built in.

Boyd

]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/21/ad-micro-tv-breakthrough/#comment-1056767 jayessell Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:18:22 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/21/ad-micro-tv-breakthrough/#comment-1056767 Charley, forgive the theadjack. It DOES concern a tiny TV. Sometime around 1978 to 1982 I would visit my friend in Waltham MA. Just outside of the city was a convience store/drugstore where I would stop for a soda. They had tiny TVs for sale. 'World's Smallest Trinitron'. 2.5" or so. It was in a shoebox shaped box. Garishly colored. Streamlined except for the end with the screen. I thought it would be cool for a Sci-Fi film prop or two for stereoscopic TV. (Binoculars!) They were $250 (1980s) or so each so I didtn't buy any. Decades later I remember seeing it and I check eBay. No. Vintage TV websites. No. I correspond with a TV collector and he assures me they never existed! Sony says their smallest Trinitron ever was 4"! I know what I saw! I can only surmise a Time Travel Paradox. Can any of the readers collaborate my story? Charley, forgive the theadjack.
It DOES concern a tiny TV.

Sometime around 1978 to 1982 I would visit my friend in Waltham MA.
Just outside of the city was a convience store/drugstore where I would stop for a soda.
They had tiny TVs for sale. ‘World’s Smallest Trinitron’. 2.5″ or so.
It was in a shoebox shaped box. Garishly colored. Streamlined except for the end with the screen.
I thought it would be cool for a Sci-Fi film prop or two for stereoscopic TV. (Binoculars!)
They were $250 (1980s) or so each so I didtn’t buy any.

Decades later I remember seeing it and I check eBay. No. Vintage TV websites. No. I correspond with a TV collector and he assures me they never existed! Sony says their smallest Trinitron ever was 4″!
I know what I saw!
I can only surmise a Time Travel Paradox.
Can any of the readers collaborate my story?

]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/21/ad-micro-tv-breakthrough/#comment-1056759 jayessell Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:15:42 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/21/ad-micro-tv-breakthrough/#comment-1056759 Steve: Are the batteries removeable? Either way, there are Laptop battery repair centers. They saw the battery case open, replace the generic cells, and glue it shut. Usually cheaper than the manufacture's batteries. No harm in asking if they'll tackle your project. I'm sure they'll try the screws before resorting to the saw. Steve:
Are the batteries removeable?
Either way, there are Laptop battery repair centers.
They saw the battery case open, replace the generic cells, and glue it shut.
Usually cheaper than the manufacture’s batteries.
No harm in asking if they’ll tackle your project.
I’m sure they’ll try the screws before resorting to the saw.

]]> By: Steve Hodges http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/21/ad-micro-tv-breakthrough/#comment-1056739 Steve Hodges Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:15:10 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/21/ad-micro-tv-breakthrough/#comment-1056739 I bought one of these tvs in 1981. The internal batteries are dying. Can I buy spare batteries for the set? I bought one of these tvs in 1981. The internal batteries are dying. Can I buy spare batteries for the set?

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