30 Lignes Mechanical Television Machine With Neon Lamp.
Atelier de Télévision Mécanique / Mechanical television workshop. la-radiovison.fr This television machine has been constructed with 1930 electronics components upon archives. The light source is a genuine Raytheon neon television lamp, around 75 years old and still giving good brightness. Notice the typical reddish tint of the pictures as observed then. These crude images reflects in fact, the technological status of the television as it was in the early hours of its birth. More details on http roger dupouy’s web site.
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im thinkinking of building a mechanical televisor using old record lps…. the old neon tubes are cool.
Even though i understand how mechanical TVs work,i will always be fascinated by their simplicity…
Thanks for your comments.