'66 Zenith Transistor Protable TV alert

[kx250rider]

I saw that, and I do want one! But with so many projects sitting and waiting, I'm going to pass and wait for a clean and complete one. I know they're rare, so some day I might regret passing this one up. It also irks me that the seller so boldly states "first portable TV", when we all know the 1960-61 Philco Safari was the first battery-operated portable TV in the USA, unless that's changed.

Charles

[jr_tech]

I think the sequence For transistor portable TVs is as follows:

1. Philco "Safari" ----1959
2. Motorola "Astronaut" 19" ----1960
3. Sony 8-301W 8" -----1961

jr

[andy]

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[jr_tech]

Originally Posted by andy

I always thought the Sony was from late 59/early 60.

Possibly... The reference I use is "The Sony Vision", 1975, By Nick Lyons. On page 111 he states as a caption for a photograph ". The world's first all transistor television, TV-8-301, marketed in Japan in May 1960 and in America in June 1961". Well, we *know* it was not the worlds first transistor TV, so perhaps the stated dates are in question, as well.

I believe that all 3 of these sets use vacuum tube Hv. rectifiers (as well as the CRT), so are not really "all transistor".

jr