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The Birth Of The Camera Mounted Electronic Viewfinder
With all of RCA's incredible advances and discoveries in television, you would have thought that…
January 13, 1957…Dinah And The Colonial Theater TK40 Cameras
January 13, 1957...Dinah And The Colonial Theater TK40 Cameras The Colonial Theater was NBC's first…
Commercial TV’s 80th Anniverary…Setting The Stage For July 1, 1941
Tomorrow, television marks the 80th anniversary of its move from the "experimental" phase to the…
1953: “This Is Color TV”
TV Guide takes a look at progress in color television technology, and on the last…
Amazing What You Can See, If You Know What You Are Seeing!
There are some TV secrets hiding in plane sight in this pristine color photo of…
Early Color Testing Days At The Colonial Theater
Picture Parade #5...Early Color Testing Days At The Colonial Theater It was late November 1952…
The World’s First Practical Tape Recorder
Picture Parade #4...The World's First Practical Tape Recorder Here are two prototype models of the…
On Closer Examination…Something We All Missed Is Here!
On Closer Examination...Something We All Missed Is Here! Last month, some collector friends and I…
The 1956 Mini Cam Mystery…
Above is a shot of then Senator John F. Kennedy at the Democratic National Convention…
Introducing The RCA TKP 45 & TK 76 Prototypes
Ultra Rare! Introducing The RCA TKP 45 & TK 76 Prototype... The RCA TKP 45…
RARE VIDEO! RCA TKP 45 Color Portable Camera Introduction
RARE VIDEO! RCA TKP 45 Color Portable Camera Introduction Our thanks to James Murphy Tinsley…
50 Years Ago Tonight! The Beatles, live on ‘Ed Sullivan’ from Miami
50 Years Ago Tonight! The Beatles, live on 'Ed Sullivan' from The Deuville Hotel in…
This Is The RCA TK44 Prototype Camera
Ever See One Of These In Person? This is the RCA TK44 prototype camera in…
Earliest Pairing Of The RCA TK40 & HF Cradle Head Prototype
Earliest Use And Photo Of The RCA TK40 & HF Cradle Head In early August…
First Airborne Color
First Airborne Color and First Live Use Of Color Video Tape There are several elements…
A True Rarity! RCA’s First Image Orthicon Prototype Camera
This amazing photo is from October 1945...12 months before the introduction of the RCA TK30.…
This is the Sony BVH 500 Video Recorder
In the video, notice that the tape reels are stacked on top of each other!…
Early Color Challenges
Early Color Challenges How do you develop first quality color broadcasts without the ability to…
The Original GE Color Prototype Camera, Dot Sequential
The Original GE Color Prototype Camera This looks a lot like the early RCA color…
GE, Second Prototype Color Test, Field Sequential
GE, Second Prototype Color Test The camera closest to us, with the operator standing, is…