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Overclocked
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 Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 5:52 pm Post subject: Re: Trivia Questions |
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Well not to my knowledge here in the UK, the very first one's here was the ultra-sonics that used to send the cats ballistic and dogs barking mad.
TV's consisted of 'vacuum tubes', transistors began to appear in the low power stages, RF, IF & signal processing stages in the mid 60's followed by IC's, then transistor line output (sweep output), frame (verticle) output stages and power supply stages by the late 60's.
One or two early videos had a 'hard wired' remote, a remote unit the connected by a long lead.
The early day's of radio, guess in the 40's saw a 'primitive remote' control tuning and volume from another room again by long wire's, using motors and relay's etc.
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Davy
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| Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 5:54 pm Post subject: Re: Trivia Questions |
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Sorry forgot to log in last time...!
Silly me....! Yes of course there were remote controls for TV's in the 50's, infact there were remote control's ever since 'Adam'....!
The wife of course... "here turn us telly off luv", "here turn us volume up flower".... all was portable and capable answering back...!
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Overclocked
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:06 pm Post subject: Re: Trivia Questions |
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| Quote: | | One or two early videos had a 'hard wired' remote |
Yep, I remember those corded VCR controls too. It's quite convenient if you think about it - you go "and where is this remote again?!!" - pull the cord - bingo, here it is! Try doing it with the regular IR remote!
| Quote: | | the very first ones here was the ultra-sonics that used to send the cats ballistic and dogs barking mad. |
wow, ultrasonic remote... pretty clever idea as the IR sensors wasn't available at that time. The most wired remote i saw in my life was the mechanical one, made of pegs and strings 
Anyway, back to 50s, this one is my favorite - 1956 Zenith "Flash-matic" Remote Control
from: http://www.tvhistory.tv/Remote%20Controls.htm |
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Overclocked
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:17 pm Post subject: Re: Trivia Questions |
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The wife of course... "here turn us telly off luv", "here turn us volume up flower".... all was portable and capable answering back...!
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:58 pm Post subject: Re: Trivia Questions |
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Very interesting site, well worth having a look. Wow, what technology..!
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mr.rubberduckie
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| Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:22 pm Post subject: Re: Trivia Questions |
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| I just found one of those Zenith Flash-Matic remotes at a yard sale. I though it was a cool flashlight for my son. Is it worth anything, before I give it to him? |
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Overclocked
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| Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 2:13 am Post subject: Re: Trivia Questions |
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according to the page http://www.tvhistory.tv/Remote%20Controls.htm:
| Quote: | | Shown below is a real-life example of the Zenith "Fash-matic" remote, which sold on ebay for several hundred dollars more than a year ago! |
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