Early Television Convention ...
 

I understand that the Early Television Convention is to be this weekend.
I can't attend but am interested.
What are you impressions of past conventions?
Really would like to see that museum.

Maybe those who do attend will post back some pictures with enough eye candy that will make us want to attend next year.

Carl

Carl,

Take a look at the museum site here:

http://www.earlytelevision.org/2010_convention.html

At the bottom of the page are links to pictures and some videos of the past 6 conventions, you can almost get the feel of being there.

If you're into TV you have to go at least once, it's the only place you will ever get to see, touch, and play with some of the earliest and rarest of TV technology.


Chuck

I think 85% of the people that attended a previous year return the next year. Most fly or drive long distances to get there. Steve opened up the museum on Friday nights because people wanted to come to the museum as soon as they got into town. I think it would be a good idea to write our VideoKarma IDs on our name tags this year so people can associate faces with VideoKarma.

Good idea. Otherwise, you may have no idea that the person sitting next to you is "zenith321" or whatever.

It's the only event of its kind. As Chuck says, everyone interested in old TVs should attend at least once.

Phil

I would really like to go, but it will have to be next year for me.

What is my impression? You don't know what you are missing until you go! You can get an idea if you look at their website.

I will have a name tag with my video karma handle and my avatar (my actual face may be behind a camera much of the time)

I thought seriously about going this year for the first time.
Restored my first TV a few months ago and am bitten by this hobby.
For years I worked on radios and looked on in admiration of you guys who do TV restoration -- well, and I still do.
So I'm basically a newbie to TV restoration. Been in to Radio restoration for several decades.

Probably watching the on-line video of the Conference will convenience me that I need to go in 2012 to learn and experience more of this hobby.

Carl

Anyone have any pic's of the convention they want to post?

editing - will be posting soon

Anything particularly interesting in the Silent Auction?

Carl

I didn't really see anything in the Silent auction, I had good luck in the live auction though.

Chris

Did any porthole TV's get auctioned off?

Carl

I saw one Zenith Porthole in the swapmeet for $200. There was something about the set that turned me off but I don't remember what it was. It may have been missing parts???? I think there was a Sentienial portable. You never know what's going to be there from year to year.

pix posted at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/4200284...7623940231124/