[AiboPet]

I guess I should take more pics (ummm....AND come to VK more than twice a YEAR or so). I have the...I think "TR-3000" that looks like a camera. That unit is so funny. You have to be RIGHT in front of it pretty much if the magnifier is on it (This is what MAKES it look like you are staring into a movie camera).

I also do have that clock/radio/TV unit that has the funny transverse mounted CRT. It makes the set nice and shallow with the view being a 90" mirror you are looking at. They also take advantage of that to superimpose a tiny blue VFD clock display in the corner of the TV picture (and of course on when the TV is off). That set bugs me in that it stays quite warm 24/7....and the audio section appears to be on all the time whether the TV/Radio is on or not (for an alarm maybe?).

The little Panasonics are fun...but the REALLY small (1010,1020 and 1030) sets, always turn into basket cases every time I have opened one up. I have been able to correct some minor problems before, but usually I get my big 'ol sausages in there and stuff something up. Usually I end up tearing one of the flexi ribbons and it all goes South from there. I do still have a 1020 and a couple 1030s that I have NOT had to open up for any reason yet....so they still live.

Panasonic doesn't seem to be real big on "more than one person" audiences. Almost ALL the small sets have magnifiers or other oddities that don't allow you to watch the set if not RIGHT in front of it.

The only way I've really reliably been able to display these small sets (remember I am the "micro and quirky" guy), is with a little inhouse digital "HLLY" 50mw transmitter into a set of rabbit ears in the corner of my flat. This is good to show off pretty much any little Analog set for about 300-400 feet around that can tune to "just above channel 13". Adding a switcher before that transmitter allows me to use a media player (vintage playlists), or the A/V out from a converter box.

I decided to CUT the cable about six months ago, and I now do most my TV with a Mohu Leaf antenna, Netflix and Hulu on a Roku. I find that having a few small vintage sets around the flat that I use to watch whatever is on in the front room.....somewhat nostalgic compared to cable.