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Old 09-22-2019, 09:24 PM
CRTs4life CRTs4life is offline
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1989 Rhapsody model TV-670 5" portable pics for posterity.

*I am doing this for posterity as I love this site and someone in the future may need some pics*.
Backstory: Around 1991 I traded an IBM XT clone for this TV. I was around 20yrs old and lived in an apartment with a mattress on the floor, this TV with a vcr and a NES staked on top of it were alongside. Good times, loved it. Some orange Tang drink got spilled on my little TV. It stopped working but after it dried it did come back. The colors were faded but still worked luckily. FFWD to 2006 when Hurricane Ike came up thru the Ohio Valley and I then again used this portable for several days while the power was out. Using a jump box, it actually can go for quite a while sipping 12V. Still had the washed out colors though. Then after multiple power outages here in the last 12 months I decided to revive my Rhapsody. The input selector switch was acting very gummed up. I disassembled, scrubbed it all and used Deoxit Gold. The stuff even did a fine job of cleaning the small spill area of the Tang that had made a cpl diodes get "penny rust". After I was all finished and plugged it in the picture was worse than last time I used it. Worse! Black and white and geometry was off on the one side. Turns out I learned a lesson. Apparently the original power brick had partially failed. It was outputting 16v+. One or more of the V regulators inside failed is my novice guess? I used the cig lighter adapter with my new and awesome jumpbox and it looked great. I am using an I-View set top box and man was I happy. This 5" screen is totally watchable in a pinch. I have a 10+yr newer Jensen 5" portable crt and it (never damaged and basically like new) does not have as sharp of a picture as the Rhapsody.
Anyway, sorry for this long story but I am a little proud my nearing 30 yr old portable that is still around for those storms again.
Thank you VK, I lurk on here fairly often and enjoy reading very much.
P.S.-Somehow part of my pics on my phone are gone. Not kidding, I had pics of a cartoon on PBS Kids and how good it looked using composite.
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Old 09-22-2019, 09:27 PM
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More pics. The one pic is while using the bad power supply.
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Old 09-23-2019, 08:48 PM
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More pics. The one pic is while using the bad power supply.
I think that is the same set I acquired a little while back. It's really an impressing performing little set.
I really can't believe the picture quality.
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Old 09-24-2019, 06:51 PM
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There is just not that great of a market with new, flat panel 12v portables. Boats and RV accessories sell them for high dollar, most brands never heard of. Realizing this + storm outages stoked me to give it a shot of bringing this set back.

I actually just moved <1month ago and most of my small stuff is in totes and the Rhapsody is mia at the moment. I have been looking and will post new pics once I find it. Not even kidding (Diesel Jeep you know), about the picture quality.

Another cool thing is, the set top box I have uses 2 5v legs out of the power supply. I macgyvered a pair of usb cords that plug into the same jumpbox w/usb 2x. This way the TV and converter box both are powered together.
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