The Sony Watchman's Big Brother - The JVC 3050 Gemineye - An Amazing 1970s Portable CRT TV
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- We're all familiar with the Sony Watchman... it defined a generation of 1980s kids... but what about its Big Brother? Hardly anyone has heard of the JVC 3050 Gemineye... the 1970s portable CRT TV and Radio that boasts some truly amazing features, solid build quality, and a tactile design that begs to be played around with.
If you're a child of the 70s or 80s, this video is for you, because I know you wanted one!
Here's a chapter selection if you want to jump around:
0:01 Introduction
0:50 JVC beat Sony Watchman to market
1:31 A look around the JVC 3050
5:53 Using old Analog TVs with modern video sources
7:35 JVC-3050 Gemineye Specifications
8:36 Conclusion
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My father had one. Still has it, but I don't know if it still works. It was my TV back when I was in college in the early 80,s. I lived it!
Very cool. Good to see/hear you’re back up and running.
Cool...I worked a few items like that "back in the day",but not that particular model.
I had use of something that was taller and I think it might've been a Coleman or some other brand. Was a 5 inch TV, and radio combo, had the ability to run on "D" cells. I sure wish I had written down what brand it was. Golly, that JVC is swell !
Later, when I moved to the Boston area, I had a Radio Shack pocket TV (the smallish mirror one), and eventually, a radio, TV and cassette combo, that I sure wish I kept. Swell video, and please - keep up the great work, this was facinating ! :)
Thanks for watching! I was always fascinated with tiny TVs when I was younger, just never could afford to have a nice one.
Another way to get a signal to older TVs like this is a video sender like the wv-300. It lets you use portable TVs completely wireless. I have one and it works great.
I'll check that out. Thanka!
These sell for £30-40 on eBay UK which is real cheap but I just could not find a use for one to justify the purchase. Lovely piece of retro technology, though!
I was able to purchase this one for under US$30, so it was worth it even if it was just to play around with for a little while. It's nice looking, so it will be on display in my studio for a while as well. It has an industrial look, which I really like.
@@VintageElectronicsChannel Hopefully, the channel kicks off and you make the $30 back and more just on CZcams views revenue! 😊
Maybe some day!
I have one of these. PSB is Public Service Band, which had police, fire, weather and other public agencies’ 2 way broadcasts. The European version has shortwave instead of the PSB band.
That makes total sense! Thanks for the info!
Checking to see how you are doing after the flood.
Thanks for asking! Doing well... I have the studio cleaned out. Electric is back on and I'm able to start making videos again. I just got a new editing PC and some other equipment that was damaged, so I'm on my way back.
Looks like it was used in Bladerunner to interrogate replicants.