View Full Version : Has anybody seen A 3 CRT TV before?


Richard D
09-01-2006, 07:50 PM
The big screen is 19" the two smaller ones are 5"
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190026291423&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:12

Very Unusual, Take Care All,
Richard.

dshoaf
09-01-2006, 08:05 PM
Not one like that but I recall Sony marketing a 3-screen TV in the 70s. It even had a remote control, IIRC. What they did, though, was combine 3 of their 12" B&W TVs into a larger walnut case so there was very little 'integration' going on. They may have also attempted marketing a Trinitron version, too, but I never saw one.

They were all the rage for the well-heeled sports nut of the day, mostly doctors and lawyers in my old college town.

Cheers,

David

jpdylon
09-01-2006, 08:47 PM
an early version of PIP -- Picture and pictures :D

Geoff Bourquin
09-01-2006, 09:01 PM
I saw one a long time ago, very much like that one. I thought it was a Teknika, but maybe it was a Sampo.

willyrover
09-01-2006, 09:05 PM
LOL

That is the funniest thing I have ever seen! Why did they stop at 3?

Sandy G
09-01-2006, 09:06 PM
Interesting little hooberbloob. I have a Sampo "All in One"- 5" color TV, AM/FM, & Cassette. It mostly works, but is from '81 as well, & was obviously never intended to last this long...That, & somebody along the line was less-than-kind to it...

El Predicta
09-01-2006, 09:54 PM
I have the Sony model with 3 B/W sets-wasn't born w/remote.

Larry

kx250rider
09-02-2006, 02:17 AM
The Sampo TriScreen... I've had a couple of them, and I know that they were once sold by the Spiegel Catalog around 1980. Not sure where else. Not a bad set at all, and it had an EARLY infrared remote!

Charles

Richard D
09-02-2006, 08:15 AM
Hi Charles, I agree, Plasma should be designed and used for pushing deep space sattelites or desktop space wasters. Not television sets.
Richard.

klipschorn
09-03-2006, 12:12 AM
Probably because 3 is the first odd prime. (By definition, 1 is not considered a true prime.) :lmao:

dtuomi
09-03-2006, 01:59 PM
How big is this set? Its hard to get a sense of its diminsions from the picture provided in the auction.

David

wa2ise
09-03-2006, 03:57 PM
Probably because 3 is the first odd prime. (By definition, 1 is not considered a true prime.) :lmao:


This was back before cable TV was common. So 3 networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) so 3 displays.

bgadow
09-03-2006, 10:13 PM
I well remember from the early 80s there was a set frequently given away on The Price Is Right. It was a console with a 25" color screen plus 2 small bw screens. I am almost positive it was an Hitachi.

Tom_Ryan
09-04-2006, 05:12 AM
Just added this cool set to my collection!!! Well, back in the early 50's Westinghouse produced a rare experimental 4 tube color set...the Wesetinghour 8440CKQ using match quad of RCA 15GP22 CRTs. Designed for early sports enthusiants....no just kidding, playing around with Adobe Photoshop...but it would sure be neat PIP. :D

:yippy:

kx250rider
09-04-2006, 12:00 PM
And you wouldn't have to worry about heating your house in the winter... Let's see: About 160 tubes in there!

Charles

Tom_Ryan
09-04-2006, 12:52 PM
Yep, right up their with Zenith sign. Let's see, could be an easy 2KW of power to drive four 15GP22 chassis. Think we should add a fan to cool the Westinghouse cabinet? :D

NowhereMan 1966
09-07-2006, 09:39 PM
I remember seeing one of those sets in an electronic magazine when I ws in sixth grade which dates it to 1979.

Eric H
10-12-2006, 11:37 PM
This has been relisted and reduced to .99 cents

http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-FIND-SAMPO-TRISCREEN-COLOR-TV-TELEVISION-MOD-9519_W0QQitemZ190040406370QQihZ009QQcategoryZ73374 QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item190040406370

tritwi
10-14-2006, 03:16 AM
Hello! What about this late '70s german (Nordmende) 4 screens tv? The entire thing was resting on an elegant pedestal and was available in several colors. It was equipped with remote control,infrared earphone, 26" inline color picture tube and three more b/w 5" picture tubes. Each of the three b/w screens could individually tune on every channel and store 4. The sound of the tiny screens could be listened through the earphone and everything was managed through the remote control.