Microscopic Monitor

[Eric H]

I found a VCR Camera today with one of those itty bitty 30mm CRT's inside.

This camera is a smallish hand sized unit that was designed to hook up to a VCR via an umbilical cord, I only found the camera part, not the cables or VCR but I could tell it had a CRT monitor inside.

There was a simple connector from the Camera section to the Monitor, it had the 12V, Ground and Video pins marked on the board making it easy to hook up. 12 volts DC and the Composite Video output from a VCR is all it takes.

The two blue controls next to the CRT are the Contrast and Brightness, the one pointing downward is for Vertical Height, there's one more at the back for Focus so basically this is a complete Monitor in a tiny package, there is no Sound of course, it would need separate amplifier for that.

I would love to build a miniature Vintage style TV out of this thing, a 1/10th scale replica of a 10" set might be cool, the CRT is pretty deep but I think it would be close to scale for a 10BP4 or similar, or perhaps a 1" replica of the Motorola VT-71!

Here are some pictures of it with Eddie Haskell on screen, the last picture is of the Camera it came from. If anyone has a use for the remains of the camera I'd be happy to send it out.

Note how the Tape Measure dwarfs the tiny little tube!
The label inside says it's a CIM 30P4, guessing the 30 is the diagonal Millimeters from edge to edge of the glass, not the viewable area.

There is also a Radiation warning!
"High Voltage is 4.0Kv with a very dim picture and must not exceed 6.0Kv at zero beam current"

Wait a second, this is something you hold next to your head and press your eye against! Just how much radiation could there be?