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Black and white to color conversion
Didn't make much progress on anything today, but I did get a little cleaning in the basement done, and in the process, unearthed some junk parts, leftover bits and broken stuff that really has no use. But, amongst the debris, I had a junker 12" Zenith black and white solid state portable. Nothing special really, a grungy, beat-up early 80's television, antenna broken off, scraped up, destined for the trash. So, I took it upon myself to do some upgrading and repairing. I have successfully converted the Zenith to receive in color. Here are some pictures for you all to enjoy - it actually gets pretty good reception with no antenna, on one channel anyway. The color reproduction is somewhat limited due to the parts I had to work with, but it is definitely producing that color - the photos have not been doctored in any way. The television's chassis is mostly original, only a couple small modifications and repairs were necessary to get this to work.
What do you think? -Ian |
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Uhhhhh, OK...How does it do on Red & Blue? Got the green down REAL well....-Sandy G.
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How'd you do that...did you replace the CRT with a computer CRT like from an Apple monitor?
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probably lol. considering a color CRT would NEVER fit that cabnet.
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I get it...its not really a Zenith, you put that nameplate over top of the real maker's name...HOFFMAN!
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If you got a set with a red tube and one with a blue tube (If such things exist), and added a contraption of mirrors, you could have a full color image...
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Actually, it's the tube from an IBM 5151 computer monitor. It's pretty similar to the tube that is _supposed_ to go in that set, I just had to make some small adjustments to get the picture to show up clearly. The contrast isn't that great, but it works. The long-persistance phospher adds some interesting effects to scenes with motion too. I just thought I'd post some pictures of it, and see what people thought of it. I mean, it *is* a color conversion, I just didn't say *which* color I converted it to... Yeah, I know it's pretty useless, and it's not terribly watchable, but that isn't the point. Although I'm pretty sure that it's the only television set with WordPerfect screen burn though. -Ian |
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If you had a CRT with red phospers only, you could create a TV set for the old communist bloc of nations (USSR, Red China, etc).
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I have some Hoffman "Easy Vision" televisions from the 1950s. I have never seen one like this!!!
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SICK
SICK SICK But I like it.... |
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Hey, at least it's LOLLIPOP COLOR!
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had a sears binoc years ago that a customer brought in with a busted tube.
only thing i could find that fit at mendelsons was a green monitor crt. the customer wanted a cheap fix and didnt care. so if you see a green binoc you know where it came from
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Pretty Neat!
That looks neat and different. I did something similar when I used my VCR as a tuner and fed the signal into my Apple //e monitor and the audio into a stereo. Well at least I had "instant TV" with a green picture similar to yours.
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Ian:
You must be the ONLY person in the world that took a worn-out "headed for the trash" 80's b&w portable and took the time to put a green computer monitor crt in it just for the hell of it... knowing it really wouldnt be something you'd used to watch tv on! Man, i wish i had your kind of spare time! In any case, that's quite unique and pretty freakin cool looking! It certainly shows you've got imagination for something different!
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