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NewVista · #1 03-01-2018, 09:09 AM

Merchantilist Japan's overriding rule for selection of a camera is never pay for an import:
They would rather fall on a sword than buy anything from America.

Steve D. · #2 03-01-2018, 02:12 PM

A link to the NHK museum in Japan. RCA TK-41 used by NHK TV for their early color broadcasts:https://www.tripadvisor.com/Location...ure_Kanto.html

Telecolor 3007 · #3 03-01-2018, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by NewVista

Merchantilist Japan's overriding rule for selection of a camera is never pay for an import:
They would rather fall on a sword than buy anything from America.

Not so (at least in the beginings). "Hitachi" CT-150 color tv sets had "R.C.A." 22CYP22A picture tubes.

Steve D. · #4 03-03-2018, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Telecolor 3007

Not so (at least in the beginings). "Hitachi" CT-150 color tv sets had "R.C.A." 22CYP22A picture tubes.

The "Hitachi" CT-150 color tv:

-Steve D.

mr_rye89 · #5 03-03-2018, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by NewVista

Merchantilist Japan's overriding rule for selection of a camera is never pay for an import:
They would rather fall on a sword than buy anything from America.

I've seen early Japanese transistor radios with American transistors in them, I also have an APF desktop calculator from the 1970s that has an American Texas Instruments CPU IC in it.