The Early Television Foundation and Museum

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The Early Television Foundation and Museum is a hidden gem for those interested in vintage electronics and television history, with a wealth of resources and a dedicated community.

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FrankWilhoit

4 months ago

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Very much worth a visit if you have any interest in vintage electronics -- which you should, if you stop to think that the first analog color television receivers functioned with an absolute maximum of ~60 active components.

CamperBob2

3 months ago

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More like 37 for the RCA CT-100 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CT-100), counting the CRT!

FrankWilhoit

3 months ago

But a lot of those were tubes like the 6U8 or 6SN7 with two devices in the same piece of glass.

jeffdubin

3 months ago

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The museum itself is a hidden gem in central Ohio (USA). There have been so many times where I've visited a city and looked for interesting tech attractions, only to find out about something after I had already left. This is one of those places, not typically found on the tourist maps.

macintux

3 months ago

Not exactly next door, but 2.5 hours away is the Museum of Radio & Technology near the Ohio/WV/Kentucky border.

https://www.mrtwv.org/

I tried to visit it a few years back, but it didn't happen to be open the day I could swing through.

plett

3 months ago

Take a look at https://nerdydaytrips.org/ and add any places that you know of.

It already has the Early Television Museum: https://nerdydaytrips.org/daytrip/na/us/early-television-mus...

WarOnPrivacy

3 months ago

They're a good org. I have a donation I'm trying to get to them. Hopefully by spring I can keep my promise.

UncleSlacky

3 months ago

Another good site about early (electromechanical) television, including restored off-air recordings made on discs which couldn't be played back at the time:

http://www.tvdawn.com/

leakycap

4 months ago

I really like the Articles https://www.earlytelevision.org/postwar_magazine_articles.ht... (scanned PDFs about early TV)

> "The Youngs have found the best way to control their children's television enthusiasm is by agreeing roughly every Sunday on which programs they will tune in that week. Some control is necessary because the children love everything on television except news programs." https://www.earlytelevision.org/pdf/sci_ill_1-49-2.pdf

and

the Advertising sections https://www.earlytelevision.org/postwar_ads.html (organized by brand)

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