Rescued an RCA UVU from the trash..!

[Eric H]

The top view looks remarkably like the Predicta, perhaps too much so to be a coincidence?

[Findm-Keepm]

Actually, it's not at all rare. It's in Sams 3221 - it's apparently a Special Edition set for some RCA anniversary, IIRC. (Hence the SE on the tail of the model number) I remember seeing one of those in the Langley AFB AAFESs exchange in the early 90's - and thinking, like most others "Dang, RCA's made themselves a Predicta!"

Stull wonder what the U<squared>VU is all about, though...

Cheers,

[Findm-Keepm]

"Unconventional Video Unit"

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-14175695.html

[Whirled One]

Originally Posted by Findm-Keepm

"Unconventional Video Unit"

Ah, very good..! I actually had found what appears to be a different version/excerpt of that article using Google but it didn't mention what the acronym stood for. I know Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank invented the "You-View"-- which *could* be written "UVU"-- but this thing obviously isn't that.

As for the "^2", I guess it's like TV "sqaured" because of the picture-in-picture feature. Or something.

[Geoff Bourquin]

We used to call those "The Ross Perot" because of the big ears, and back when they were new, everyone knew who Perot was.
My biggest gripe about those was that there wasn't anything to get a grip on......A real pain to wrestle into the back seat of someones car.