Televizornaya evolution

In 1929, French engineer Rene Barthelemy designed by the standards of an amazing retro TV (see photo). He worked on the same principle as conventional projectors - projected image on the opposite wall. In 1931, his laboratory conducted the first public teleseans. I suggest you to plunge into the history and see a small selection of retro TV.
French retro TV Semivisor 1929 issue





Fraccaro 30 Line Set - Italian television, manufactured from 1929 to 1932. Nowadays retro mechanical device is highly valued among collectors of antiques.



Videograph emerson telejuke - American retro TV sample 1947, designed to decorate every self-respecting bar. Unlike with similar construction and design of jukeboxes, Videograph failed to capture the minds of the owners of entertainment establishments.



Tele-Tone Porthole - retro television, appeared in the United States after World War II. Then it was worth $ 219, 95. By 1949 Tele-Tone Porthole was already every second family.



Retro TV Automatic TVP-490, which was published in the same year, is a more compact and stylish variation of the previous model. According to the manufacturer, in the eyes of the customer registration "under the python" equated Automatic TVP-490 to elegant leather suitcase.



In 1958 it was replaced by a model Philco Tandem Predicta.

'Display' retro TV Philco Tandem Predicta sample 1958



Retro TV consisted of two parts - a huge stylized ladies' mirror 'display' and tumbopodobnogo receiver, connected with a thick cable length of 7, 26 m.

'Tumba' receiver of retro TV Philco Tandem Predicta



In 1968, the British designer Breysdeyl Arthur (Arthur Bracegirdle) designed Keracolor Sphere. As before, the original perfect spherical shape of the device does not allow him to go into the category of "retro". Release Keracolor Sphere continues to this day. However, since modern "stuffing».



MTV-1 Micro - the world's first television that could carry without fear of overstrain. The idea of ​​a portable gadget struck British designers in 1978. Model was in such demand that in the first six months, it has risen in price twice - from $ 200 to $ 400.



In 1982, sales were equipped with mini-TV screen watch TV-Watch Seiko, already in 1984 they hit the Guinness Book of Records as "the smallest TV all the time." Despite its compact size, the model was not very practical. Firstly, it be accompanied by a receiver who had to carry in your pocket. Second, the manufacturer offers a truly spy method of connecting elements - using a wire hidden in his sleeve. But with TV-Watch Seiko could imperceptibly to watch your favorite TV shows (for the complete secrecy were still in the box and headphones).



CASIO TV-70 release in 1986 - a more modern model of a portable TV that operates without additional equipment. The miracle of the Japanese engineering thought quickly became a hit at home and in the USA where the price was $ 130. CASIO TV-70 weighs only 135 grams and runs on three "mizinchikovyh" batteries.

CASIO TV-70 - the thinnest and lightest in the world of TV 1986 release



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