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An Analog Treat
I'm still lingering, and still collecting, I just do it much slower now as I have all the models of Sony 5" Portable Trinitron sets I wanted. Now I slowly spend time looking for really clean sets with what I hope are low hours, even if they're a duplicate of another set I already own, saving another and adding it to my collection and having a nicer set to watch never hurts.
Recently I scored a nearly mint condition, almost no hours, KV5100 set. I've never seen one as clean as this one is, and it really shows in how well it works. I decided to drive down to visit a friend in Chicago, and I knew from seeing the faint signal of it here at home in Lake Geneva, that were was still a UHF station pumping classic TV with an Analog signal from Chicago on Channel 23, called Heros & Icons, so on my way out I grabbed my new KV5100 and lugged it along, since it's a "Portable" TV! It really took me and my friend back to when we were kids, fussing with the antenna for a better picture to overcome the static. Sitting there on his bed near a big window, messing with the antenna to clear the picture up, watching classic TV shows, the old faded colors of shows of the era, the static that would come and go from the screen, the interference from local noise, meddling with the settings on the TV for just a little better picture. It was honestly a very nostalgic feeling to see that again. To experience something that, at one time in my life, I never thought twice about having to deal with, where as now, analog TV is all but gone, the massive FCC joke of DTV left in it's place. The feeling of seeing what I grew up with, watching Saturday Morning cartoons on, messing with the antenna rotor box, adjusting the TV for the better picture. Now it's DTV, and you have to have a stupid box, a big antenna, and hope it works, and if you're like me and pretty far from the transmitters, you don't get anything but a black screen, or just distorted pictures. I just wanted to share this. Remember, analog is laid to it's final rest September 1st, 2015. Last edited by Arcanine; 07-25-2015 at 11:52 AM. |
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Dunno which was WORSE-the death of analog TV, or the death of the Trinitron system..
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I'm 30. When I was a kid, in 1990, mom gave me my first TV. It's a 13" Sony Trinitron set. Single row of lit push buttons on the right side of the TV, with an early front coax plug. Manufactured 1983. I used it from 1990, every day, many days on 24 hours a day, to 2004 when I replaced it with a larger set. I still own it, and it still works just fine. The larger modern set died in three years. I tossed it to the wind years ago, it was an Akai or some no name trash. The death of Analog TV as well was a total crock. Completely not necessary. It's money, they wanted to sell the bands for Cell phones because there is big money in that market. |
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Sorry guys, I don't miss analog broadcasts at all. All the ghosting, interference and poor reception were miserable. I have an antenna in the attic and pull in all the local channels crystal clear with no adjustment. Something I could never do in the analog days. Just looking at that snowy picture reminds me how bad OTA reception used to be!
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I would rather have snow, ghost, fading etc than nothing.
Went from over 20 OTA on rabbit ears to one intermitant station. Stations from 5 states up to 125 + miles from perfect to watchable. But whats done is done, free TV ended with NTSC for many. RIP 73 Zeno Quote:
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I live in a hilly area. Not too good for TV reception, in a way, but TREMENDOUS in another... I could go up on a local hill, where all the "Big" antennas for the CATV system were, & it was a TV DXer's DREAM. I had my choice of at least 2 stations for the network feeds, & the independents ? I had my pick & choose of them, too. I wish now that I had bothered/taken the time to log ALL the stations you could get up there, but I didn't. Won't even talk about the multitude that came in, audio only.
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BTW, we lived on the sixth floor of Geneva Towers facing the lake. You might be familiar with that area. The Trinitron is basically an improved Chromatron.
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The little 5" Sony sets are my favorites by far. I own several other unusual sets, all Japanese, but I have never found the motivation to make a site like you did. I'm down to seeking out "nicer" duplicates of sets I already own. IE: Low to no hours, all accessories with, ect. That's why I purchased a second KV5100. My first one didn't cost much but it's tired. This one is not! And yeah, Geneva Towers is the tallest building in Lake Geneva. Grand Fathered in before they changed the city laws to "No buildings taller then the trees". I drive past it every day. |
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We could aim it at any of the 4 local Cities. Chicago & Milwaukee were choice, but we could spin it around and get Madison, or Rockford as well, so we had a wide variety of local news stations to watch, and endless programming. You were in this area! You remember the ghosts Channel 2 Chicago (WBBM) used to SUFFER in this area? I even remember when they raised their antenna on the John Hancock Tower to TRY and overcome the ghosting. |
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I have a similar set like that which was modified hospital or hotel use.They eliminated the UHF selector on it. Your set has a great pix on it. Quote:
The last great advance for TV was MTS stereo in the 1980's .No more muddy mono TV sound. |
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I want me a 35-40-50' triangular Rohn tower SO bad ! Can't find anybody who will sell one here in Greater Bugtussle, or even TALK about shipping it here..
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http://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-001943 Not affiliated, jr |
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