Some older sets seen on Fringe

[Eric H]

Started re-watching the first season of Fringe so I can get caught up with the later seasons, spotted a Panasonic "Quintrix" set in the Pilot Ep and a "Viking" in Ep1.

I had a similar (probably older) Panasonic back in the late 70's that I bought from K-Mart, it crapped out after two weeks though, seems it had been a demo set for two years before I got it, got a refund at least.

The Viking looks like an early 80's set, wonder who made it? The tuner arraignment is similar to a GE I had.

The Panny says "Color Pilot" on the front panel and the Viking says "One Knob Tuning" What's a knob?

They were actually displaying the pictures, no special effects.

Fringe is basically a newer version of X-Files and they really don't make any secret of it with obvious nods to that show.