TALKIE, PHONOGRAPH, RADIO, ALL IN ONE (Feb, 1932)
TALKIE, PHONOGRAPH, RADIO, ALL IN ONE
A new “home talkie” device houses in one cabinet a projector for standard sixteen-millimeter film, a phonograph for the sound accompaniment or for ordinary records, and a radio receiver. Words or music accompanying the pictures are played by sixteen-inch disks, synchronized with the film. The hinged top of the cabinet contains the projecting screen.
Home video in 1932- very cool. I wonder if it would’ve caught on were it not for the fact that this was the very bottom of the Depression.
Comment by nlpnt — December 4, 2007 @ 7:25 am
Wow! Can you imagine someone making something like this today, only pocket size, and matbe with a phone and GPS builtin. :^)
Comment by Bob — December 4, 2007 @ 10:07 am
Bob
Yeah, but someone would complain that it can’t be used as a motion picture camera!
Comment by jayessell — December 4, 2007 @ 12:18 pm