Sylvania TV / Slide Projection Theater on eBay

[old_tv_nut]

Never had one, but got a glimpse when I worked at Motorola and the color TV dept. bought one for evaluation. Only thing I remember is the cropping of the slide could be a problem (slide is 1.5:1, screen is 1.33:1, plus there is some overscan in all directions). Don't remember if the RGB went directly to the CRT or what the video quality was (and would probably have a different opinion today after using hi-res computer graphics).

[Whirled One]

Good point about the cropping..! Plus, I suppose they designed it specifically for 35mm slides rotated horizontally, because verticals would get chopped top-and-bottom, and the cropping or sizing would be pretty suboptimal for other film formats in 2x2 mounts, especially 127 'Super Slides'. Perhaps they should have included a scanning size control for the slide viewer mode-- they could have called it a "zoom" control and touted it as a special feature!