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Video of 2003 Early Television Convention Now Available

 

Thanks to Dave Sica, who taped the entire 2003 convention and has agreed to make copies at no charge to the museum, we can now make DVDs and videotapes available for sale.

 

A video documentary of the First Annual Early Television Convention which was held at the Early Television Museum on April 12-13, 2003 is now available for purchase. See ordering information below. This five and a half hour program includes complete coverage of all of the Convention presentations as well as the two panel discussions. The Convention presentations cover a broad spectrum of Early Television collecting and restoration information by knowledgeable experts in the field. The Convention was hosted by the Early Television Foundation and this information is presented here in a single package as a service to the collecting community. Much of the equipment in the Museum's collection is also featured briefly in the video.

NOTE: DVDs are furnished in the DVD+R format. Please ensure that your player is compatible with DVDs recorded in the DVD+R format before ordering. One source for compatibility information is

 

Here's what you'll see in the program:

Welcome - Steve McVoy
Mechanical Television: Setting TV Back 75 Years - Wayne Bretl
Mechanical Television: The Mirror Screw TV - Peter Yanczer
1936 Baird T5 - Dave Abramson
The Bananas Were Blue (Color TV development at RCA) - Alex Magoun
Collecting Television Ephemera - Tom Genova
Television Collecting in Germany - Ingo Kubbe
"The Lady in the Bottle" - Dave Johnson
Col-R-Tel CBS Field Sequential Color Converter - Dave Johnson
1936 RCA RR-359 Field Test Set - Nat Pendleton
1939 Experimental World's Fair TV Camera - Geoff Bourne
1975 Low Cost 2-tube color camera - Gary Davis
15GP22 Rebuild Project - John Folsom
Panel Discussion: Restoration
Panel Discussion: Collecting

ORDERING INFORMATION:

The program is available on a single VHS tape for $30.00, or on a set of three DVDs for $35. The price includes postage and the proceeds will be used to help the museum's operation and expansion. To order, contacts us at info@earlytelevision.org, or call 614-771-0510. They can also be ordered online.