[AiboPet]

I'm aware that at least some model of the Sony tummy TVs was also a Mercedes car television. I had run into one MANY years ago at a classic car swap meet here in San Diego, and recognized it as "looks like the same TV dad gave me" (which is a 303).

For all I know...THIS little 305 could have been it. Ten years ago, I would have thought ANY of the Sony tummy TVs were the same model. I've had the one Dad gave me around fifteen years now...and was the very first micro TV in my collection...if I don't count the little Unisonic briefcase thing I've had since a teenager in 1982. Had the little 303 since before I was even THINKING of "collection". That set he gave me is from a very small collection my dad had of TV sets. I had this one already...and then acquired a few more when I lost Dad about six months ago.

THAT is when I started collecting MORE sets.

My reading Nelson's recap thread on a Sony 301...and then RECOGNIZING the same set at a swap meet...led me to the little Sony collection.

I saw this 305 listing for a week or so...and kept WONDERING about it, and why this wasn't a 307. Jumped on it's "buy-it-now" today for fear I'd NEVER find out why the weird model number. It's very possible the BLACK color theme could maybe been meant to work in a car's interior for all I know. I did just shoot the seller a question about if this has a whole antenna or not. This isn't in the description, and the pics just show the antenna going up and out of the picture. Doesn't matter I guess...since I bought it already, but my 303 does have the end of the antenna gone...and MOST of them seem to.

I wish I could find a place that just sells these antennae...because ALOT of micro sets have broken antennas since they were by deffinition portable. I usually look IMMEDIATELY at the antenna...but won't usually let that deter me from buying a set if the price is hard to pass up.