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There was some heady stuff there from
virtually the dawn of commercial television history to keep the attendees
enraptured. |
Functioning Scanning Disk TV
Demo |
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Alex Magoun preparing to be telecast by an
RCA Scanning Disc Television Camera |
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Viewing the image on the
scanning disk receiver. |
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The interior of the scanning
disk receiver. Neon bulb and scanning disk are visible at front. |
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Actual images of Scott Marshall
as received on the scanning disk TV |
1936 RCA Experimental Field Test
Set |
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Nat Pendleton shows his 1936 RCA
Experimental Field Test Set |
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Another view of the test
set. |
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The innards of the Field Test
Set.. |
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Yes, it used a green
screen! |
1939 RCA Experimental Television
Camera |
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Geoff Bourne brought his 1939
Experimental TV Camera. |
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This is an actual camera that
was used at the 1939 World's Fair. |
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WTIP - Experimental
Television |
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Another view of the camera |
A "Build-it-Yourself" Color
Television Camera from 1975 |
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Remember this magazine cover
from 28 years ago? That's Gary Davis behind the camera. |
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Here's Gary today with the same
camera, now an historic artifact. |
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It's a TWO-color camera that
produces a (more-or-less) full color image! |
It was an International
get-together |
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Ingo Kubbe of East Germany made
a presentation on television collecting in Germany. |
Tantalizing Bits and Pieces of
Rare TV Technology |
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Dave Johnson shows off his "Lady
in the Bottle" monoscope and Col-R-Tel color conversion wheel. |
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We were treated to a
demonstration of field sequential color via Dave's fully restored color
wheel. |
More Conference Events and
Photos |
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The Conference featured two
panel discussions: one on Collecting early television technologyand one on
Restoration. |
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Approximately 80 rabid TV geeks
from around the country converged on Hilliard Ohio. |
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NJARC was represented at the
Conference by Alex Magoun, Scott Marshall and Dave Sica. |
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There was Auction Action
courtesy of our auctioneer Don Saltzman |
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Some rare paper items were
auctioned |
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Equipment at auction |
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A prototype color wheel up for
auction |
We Toured the Early Television
Foundation Museum |
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Dave Sica with a friend from the
20s |
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Dave with some friends from the
thirties |
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Dave with some friends from the
forties |
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Steve McVoy, President of the
Early Television Foundation |
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The McVoy Family |
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NJARC presents a bouquet to a
victorious Steve McVoy to celebrate the smashing success of the First Annual
Early Television Convention |
Dave Sica's Display
of Fossilized Video Recorders
(They haven't seen the
light of day for over 20 years!) |
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Dave with his display of early
1/2" video recorders |
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Pre-EIAJ equipment |
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EIAJ Portable Equipment |
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Sony AV-3200 camera |
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Sony AV-8600 color VTR and color
monitor |
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Special Effects Generator |
Some Additional Views of the
Museum
(Photos from the ETF website) |
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Just a few of the many early
color sets in the museum. |
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Postwar black and white sets as
far as the eye can see! |
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A few prewar sets from Steve's
collection. |
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Prewar goodies. |
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Mechanical sets. |
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Postwar black and white. |
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Click Here to go to the ETF
website. |
