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Microwave oven with built-in B/W TV?
Hi all, trying to remember if this was a real thing or something from a fever dream.
Was there a microwave oven with a built-in knob-tuned black and white TV? I'm thinking this would have been something I saw in Sears around 1980 or so. Maybe it was one of the woodgrain Kenmore models manufactured by Sanyo (like the attached picture, but with a TV added to the control panel area). Google image search is not returning anything, also no luck at wishbookweb.com. Thanks! |
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It seems unlikely given the amount of RF noise a Microwave puts out, it'd be tough to shield TV from all that.
There was a multi screen Sampo TV that had three small screens on the right side, perhaps that's what you remember? |
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Ya I dont think it would work!!!!! -- When a microwave is turned on,it emits all kinds of RF! (May be possible to shield it but it wouldnt be cheap)
Last edited by Dude111; 09-23-2015 at 11:42 PM. |
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Makes sense... If this really existed it would be a pretty stupid idea. Of course, lots of stupid ideas have been put out there (for example, the touchscreen PC built into the refrigerator a few years ago). |
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Wait a minute...
https://news.google.com/newspapers?n...,1144919&hl=en OK, now I need to see this thing. A color TV and a cassette player? They probably sold in the single digits. |
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Back in the 80's, when microwaves became big, I was in a Sears appliance shop, and as a goof, I asked the salesgirl if the microwaves came with remote controls. Like TV sets.
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The model number is 564.8998310 and there's even a SAMS: https://www.samswebsite.com/en/photo...ndex/id/162432
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I don't remember the Sears one, but there is this now: http://www.thisnext.com/item/2FA1D7A...Marcel-Wanders
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Looking at the SearsPartsDirect page for the Sears microwave, the screen appears to be pretty small (5-inch?). There are stereo downward-firing speakers on the bottom of the microwave, at the left and right sides. Other than the speakers, all of the TV and tape player electronics are enclosed in a metal cage to the side of the microwave control panel. (Hopefully that was sufficient shielding to reduce RFI during microwaving!) The tape player appears to be a cheap car deck. Unfortunately the SearsPartsDirect page only has exploded views, no overview picture of what the whole mess looked like. |
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I KNOW...sears had one. Because in the late 1980S...till spring of 92..I WORKED for the Blue Ash service center--mainly on tv, VCR'S stereo and such..but ALSO on Microwave ovens. I DO remember a service manual showing that MWV...but I do NOT recall SEEING one. I KNEW it was a COLOR tv...By "83...A BW tv would NOT have been that popular as a "gimmick" for a MWV...
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564 prefixed Kenmore=Sanyo. Any body know the equivalent Sanyo model?
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Turns out, I have the manual on microfiche. Here's a crappy photo..
The cassette unit is a front-loader, like a car dash cassette, and is serviceable separate from the unit. TV is a Sanyo, no surprise there, with the 564.-prefix.
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Actually has a place. Especially with LCD in door.
One travel trailers #2 in those new 1 room micro houses. More I am sure. 73 Zeno |
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with a flat screen in the door, you could style the whole thing to look like a porta-color make popcorn and watch a movie on the same device.
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