Comments on: Television Picture Attachment Uses Any A.C. Set for Sound http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/12/television-picture-attachment-uses-any-ac-set-for-sound/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:15:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: johnny http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/12/television-picture-attachment-uses-any-ac-set-for-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-1064023 johnny Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:28:18 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4588#comment-1064023 Trf4Tz Thanks for good post Trf4Tz Thanks for good post

]]> By: Rick Segedi http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/12/television-picture-attachment-uses-any-ac-set-for-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-1057048 Rick Segedi Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:02:58 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4588#comment-1057048 Back in the late 1930's my dad brought home a big Philco console radio and phonograph. It had a bunch of push buttons that could be set to various stations on the dial for fast tuning. One of the buttons had "television" printed on it. I asked him what that was for and he proudly said that when television eventually arrived, we would be able to just attach a special unit onto the console and be all set! Of course that never happened in our case; a rather large war got in the way, but I suppose that it would have looked something like this thing had it ever been built. Interesting. Back in the late 1930’s my dad brought home a big Philco console radio and phonograph. It had a bunch of push buttons that could be set to various stations on the dial for fast tuning. One of the buttons had “television” printed on it. I asked him what that was for and he proudly said that when television eventually arrived, we would be able to just attach a special unit onto the console and be all set! Of course that never happened in our case; a rather large war got in the way, but I suppose that it would have looked something like this thing had it ever been built. Interesting.

]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/12/television-picture-attachment-uses-any-ac-set-for-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-1057030 jayessell Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:22:14 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4588#comment-1057030 ALan: Thanks! Of course, our home theaters of today use separate amps and speakers. I was kidding about the iPod. I think there would be impedance mismatch issues. ALan:
Thanks!
Of course, our home theaters of today use separate amps and speakers.

I was kidding about the iPod.
I think there would be impedance mismatch issues.

]]> By: Alan J. Richer http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/12/television-picture-attachment-uses-any-ac-set-for-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-1057028 Alan J. Richer Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:37:44 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4588#comment-1057028 Yes, leaving out the audio sections would dramatically reduce the costs. Good radios had very large audio-output transformers (as did good AM transmitters) and good loudspeakers were not at all inexpensive either. Yes, as a matter of fact, you could easily plug in your iPod on one of these and it would play through the radio. I used to do that fairly often with a reel-to-reel recorder (remember those?) to play old radio shows through console radios for display. The auxiliary inputs were usually fitted on radios so that they could host a turntable, rather than for anything like a wire recorder (very expensive technology). ALan Yes, leaving out the audio sections would dramatically reduce the costs. Good radios had very large audio-output transformers (as did good AM transmitters) and good loudspeakers were not at all inexpensive either.

Yes, as a matter of fact, you could easily plug in your iPod on one of these and it would play through the radio. I used to do that fairly often with a reel-to-reel recorder (remember those?) to play old radio shows through console radios for display.

The auxiliary inputs were usually fitted on radios so that they could host a turntable, rather than for anything like a wire recorder (very expensive technology).

ALan

]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/12/television-picture-attachment-uses-any-ac-set-for-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-1057017 jayessell Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:20:23 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4588#comment-1057017 Did leaving out the audio amplifier and loudspeaker significantly reduce the cost of the set? Radios had auxiliary inputs? I wouldn't have expected that. Can I plug in my iPod? Did leaving out the audio amplifier and loudspeaker significantly reduce the cost of the set?

Radios had auxiliary inputs? I wouldn’t have expected that. Can I plug in my iPod?

]]> By: Suzanne http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/12/television-picture-attachment-uses-any-ac-set-for-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-1056986 Suzanne Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:04:59 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4588#comment-1056986 What an amazing device to pacify the public. Did we really know what we were getting into when introducing passive entertainment to the home? I still can't shake how much television plays a role in my life, even if I do see what it does to me. What an amazing device to pacify the public. Did we really know what we were getting into when introducing passive entertainment to the home? I still can’t shake how much television plays a role in my life, even if I do see what it does to me.

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