|
The beginning of punch tape writer restoration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlOT6TRbI88
|
#
?
Apr 22, 2023 21:08
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 27, 2024 12:34 |
|
|
VictualSquid posted:The beginning of punch tape writer restoration: Owns Also re:those tape adapters you could put in to listen to CDs or radio or whatever in a tape deck: It blew me away when technology connections mentioned that the sound quality is actually really good because theres zero tape hiss. As an early adopter of CDs I always thought those things were terrible and never used them but looks like I was wrong this whole time.
|
|
#
?
Apr 22, 2023 22:07
|
|
|
namlosh posted:Owns They would sound really good if you had the kit to back them up, but most of us were shoving them in the 30 year old stereo inside a beat up economy car anyway.
|
|
#
?
Apr 22, 2023 22:14
|
|
|
namlosh posted:Owns And with the new wave of ~classic~ cars from the 90s and 2000s quality versions of those tape adapters (especially Sony ones) are in decent high demand. It's the easiest way to get aux (or even Bluetooth with additional adapters) into these vehicles without replacing the head unit or digging into it at all.
|
|
#
?
Apr 22, 2023 22:17
|
|
|
This TV FUCKS
|
|
#
?
Apr 23, 2023 12:31
|
|
|
By "video discs" do they mean laserdiscs?
|
|
#
?
Apr 23, 2023 12:40
|
|
|
tight aspirations posted:By "video discs" do they mean laserdiscs? That or CEDs
|
|
#
?
Apr 23, 2023 12:45
|
|
|
Humphreys posted:That or CEDs 
|
|
#
?
Apr 23, 2023 12:54
|
|
|
Flipperwaldt posted:Or VHD Or CD-V 
|
|
#
?
Apr 23, 2023 13:19
|
|
|
Humphreys posted:This TV FUCKS that's a projection screen right?
|
|
#
?
Apr 23, 2023 13:44
|
|
|
They are actually all way late if the copyright date on the ad of 1975 applies to the ad itself. Wikipedia article on Videodisc mentions a Hitachi contemporary holographic, laser-read, 30 min runtime disc, but doesn't give it a name for some reason.
|
|
#
?
Apr 23, 2023 13:45
|
|
|
Humphreys posted:This TV FUCKS Why so ugly a console though? you'd think that for that price there'll be better options than blocky laminated faux woodgrain.
|
|
#
?
Apr 23, 2023 14:29
|
|
|
Humphreys posted:This TV FUCKS That’s hilarious. They’re showing a picture on the screen while the rest of the tv is off. The way those work was to watch tv you had to open that huge ugly brown console thing. The top part was hinged on the front and opened to lay flat on the floor, extending the thing by like three feet and having a mirror angled toward the screen. Then with a switch, the 3 crt projectors (RG and B naturally) at the bottom pointing back would turn on, hit the angled mirror, and project on the screen. On mobile so I can’t easily find a pic of the thing actually open and working, but there’s no way anything would be on the screen as pictured
|
|
#
?
Apr 23, 2023 14:47
|
|
|
Here's a video of a similar model in action, with a fancy remote control that automatically opens and closes the projector/mirror part: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm0oLFr0j2s I was more annoyed that the guy casually mentions in the video description that he has a 1956 color television but then doesn't have a video on his channel showing it so I found this one about the same model instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf3M0LYeJdc
|
|
#
?
Apr 23, 2023 15:14
|
|
|
IIRC Gordon ends up with one of those in Halt and Catch Fire in one of the mid 80s episodes which seems a bit late for that style?
|
|
#
?
Apr 23, 2023 15:55
|
|
|
holefoods posted:IIRC Gordon ends up with one of those in Halt and Catch Fire in one of the mid 80s episodes which seems a bit late for that style?
|
|
#
?
Apr 23, 2023 16:06
|
|
|
Hirayuki posted:Does he buy it new or just wind up with one somehow? Nothing like scoring slightly obsolete tech when friends and family upgrade, in which case it wouldn't be too weird for Gordon to have one. He buys it when the old tv breaks, he also has money so they buy it new, I think they just wanted the biggest tv they could buy Edit: Sidenote, Halt and Catch Fire is a great show that showcases a lot of old tech Kamrat has a new favorite as of 16:48 on Apr 23, 2023 |
|
#
?
Apr 23, 2023 16:44
|
|
|
we were very seriously warned to never under any circumstances play nintendo on projection screens because it would instantly immediately break it permanently
|
|
#
?
Apr 24, 2023 05:22
|
|
|
namlosh posted:That’s hilarious. They’re showing a picture on the screen while the rest of the tv is off. The way those work was to watch tv you had to open that huge ugly brown console thing. The top part was hinged on the front and opened to lay flat on the floor, extending the thing by like three feet and having a mirror angled toward the screen. Then with a switch, the 3 crt projectors (RG and B naturally) at the bottom pointing back would turn on, hit the angled mirror, and project on the screen. Holy moly, I remember seeing these in stores a very small child. I was confused by the fold-out part, like, was that a little couch you could sit on to watch the TV or something? What if you liked your own couch better? I think I had it figured out by the time I saw a second one, though, and I was mesmerized by the fat round projector things, having identical video images on them. doctorfrog has a new favorite as of 06:51 on Apr 24, 2023 |
|
#
?
Apr 24, 2023 06:48
|
|
|
The officer’s club bar at Loring AFB had a huge projection TV like that circa 1981. If Sunday brunch ran long, the kids would watch the start of the day’s NFL or NBA games on it.
|
|
#
?
Apr 24, 2023 07:55
|
|
|
SniperWoreConverse posted:we were very seriously warned to never under any circumstances play nintendo on projection screens because it would instantly immediately break it permanently Did that actually happen? Playing video games on one breaking projection tvs, I mean. I remember that warning too and always being confused by it.
|
|
#
?
Apr 24, 2023 08:08
|
|
|
Arivia posted:Did that actually happen? Playing video games on one breaking projection tvs, I mean. I remember that warning too and always being confused by it. I’m not sure if it would break, but those early projection tubes were very sensitive to burn in.
|
|
#
?
Apr 24, 2023 08:13
|
|
|
Some projection TVs even had a fluid layer over the front of the CRT, to spread out the heat generated by the fierce electron beam blasting away at the phosphors. They were definitely a feat of technology. I don't think there's a reason to assume they'd break instantly, but if you play games with the same score counters and health bars and whatever everyday, it will burn in eventually, and quicker than with normal CRTs.
|
|
#
?
Apr 24, 2023 09:32
|
|
|
By popular demand posted:Why so ugly a console though? you'd think that for that price there'll be better options than blocky laminated faux woodgrain. Mid-1970s, that's why.
|
|
#
?
Apr 24, 2023 17:05
|
|
|
|
|
#
?
Apr 24, 2023 17:20
|
|
|
Humphreys posted:This TV FUCKS  LimaBiker posted:Some projection TVs even had a fluid layer over the front of the CRT, to spread out the heat generated by the fierce electron beam blasting away at the phosphors. They were definitely a feat of technology. It wasn't just cooling, the CRT was monochrome and the fluid (some kind of light mineral oil iirc) was dyed to obtain the colors.
|
|
#
?
Apr 25, 2023 01:49
|
|
|
The fluid was CUM!!?!
|
|
#
?
Apr 25, 2023 03:49
|
|
|
Well, it would have been after spending a few months in whatever porn mansion it was used.
|
|
#
?
Apr 25, 2023 08:46
|
|
|
Porfiriato posted:Here's a video of a similar model in action, with a fancy remote control that automatically opens and closes the projector/mirror part: Holy poo poo, I have almost the same TV, I converted it to color in about 2004 and posted a GBS thread about it at the time. 
|
|
#
?
Apr 26, 2023 01:50
|
|
|
How did you convert it to color?
|
|
#
?
Apr 26, 2023 02:09
|
|
|
Took the guts out of a 27” CRT and installed them into the chassis, then desoldered the IR receiver, added wiring, then mounted it behind a little door in the front (it has the ‘V’ on it). That way, I can control everything via remote. I reattached all the knobs so it looks stock unless you look into the rear of the unit. It wasn’t a terribly technical project, just a bunch of minor fabrication trying to get everything mounted correctly.
|
|
#
?
Apr 26, 2023 03:13
|
|
|
Oh god he has the decorative glass grapes
|
|
#
?
Apr 26, 2023 06:54
|
|
|
FilthyImp posted:Oh god he has the decorative glass grapes What's wrong with that?
|
|
#
?
Apr 26, 2023 07:26
|
|
|
You’ll have to take my glass grapes from my cold dead fingers.
|
|
#
?
Apr 26, 2023 12:07
|
|
|
They're decorative?
|
|
#
?
Apr 26, 2023 12:18
|
|
|
lobsterminator posted:This is cool. And I still find those magnetic cassette adapters magical even though the technology is surely super simple. That kind of thing is many times cooler than any latest bluetooth things or whatever the latest wireless innovations are. One of my first cars only had a cassette player & I had a little Sony Discman I loved listening to. Got one of those CD to cassette player adapters & rode with my Discman on the passenger seat for a while before getting a new deck installed.
|
|
#
?
Apr 26, 2023 15:38
|
|
|
JnnyThndrs posted:Holy poo poo, I have almost the same TV, I converted it to color in about 2004 and posted a GBS thread about it at the time. I will be disappointed if you don't have a cigarette vending machine by the front door.
|
|
#
?
Apr 26, 2023 16:43
|
|
|
Dick Trauma posted:I will be disappointed if you don't have a cigarette vending machine by the front door. While on vacation last month, I was at a hotel that had an old cigarette machine that was converted into a small "Art-O-Mat" that, for $5, gave you small pieces of art that fit inside cigarette-sized boxes. 
|
|
#
?
Apr 26, 2023 19:19
|
|
|
DrBouvenstein posted:While on vacation last month, I was at a hotel that had an old cigarette machine that was converted into a small "Art-O-Mat" that, for $5, gave you small pieces of art that fit inside cigarette-sized boxes. I swear to god someone made like this exact post a lot longer than a month ago and it's giving me the weirdest sense of deja vu.
|
|
#
?
Apr 26, 2023 19:42
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 27, 2024 12:34 |
|
|
n/m
|
|
#
?
Apr 26, 2023 23:05
|
|