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The Early Television Foundation and Museum

25 points by Teever 1y ago

FrankWilhoit 1y ago
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 1y ago
  More like 37 for the RCA CT-100 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CT-100 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CT-100), counting the CRT!
  - FrankWilhoit 1y ago
    But a lot of those were tubes like the 6U8 or 6SN7 with two devices in the same piece of glass.
leakycap 1y ago
I really like the Articles https://www.earlytelevision.org/postwar_magazine_articles.html 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 https://www.earlytelevision.org/pdf/sci_ill_1-49-2.pdf and the Advertising sections https://www.earlytelevision.org/postwar_ads.html https://www.earlytelevision.org/postwar_ads.html (organized by brand)
UncleSlacky 1y 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/ http://www.tvdawn.com/
jeffdubin 1y ago
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 1y 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/ 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 1y ago
  Take a look at https://nerdydaytrips.org/ 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-museum/ https://nerdydaytrips.org/daytrip/na/us/early-television-mus...
WarOnPrivacy 1y 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.

25 points by Teever 1y ago

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 1y ago
More like 37 for the RCA CT-100 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CT-100 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CT-100), counting the CRT!
- FrankWilhoit 1y ago
  But a lot of those were tubes like the 6U8 or 6SN7 with two devices in the same piece of glass.

leakycap 1y ago

I really like the Articles https://www.earlytelevision.org/postwar_magazine_articles.html 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 https://www.earlytelevision.org/pdf/sci_ill_1-49-2.pdf and the Advertising sections https://www.earlytelevision.org/postwar_ads.html https://www.earlytelevision.org/postwar_ads.html (organized by brand)

UncleSlacky 1y 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/ http://www.tvdawn.com/

jeffdubin 1y ago

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 1y 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/ 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 1y ago
Take a look at https://nerdydaytrips.org/ 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-museum/ https://nerdydaytrips.org/daytrip/na/us/early-television-mus...

WarOnPrivacy 1y 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.