1932 Rawls console TV on ETF

[Olorin67]

It was a pretty fringe hobby back then. and a lot of broadcasts were probable image only, crude test pattern type stuff.

[vts1134]

Originally Posted by Olorin67

It was a pretty fringe hobby back then. and a lot of broadcasts were probable image only, crude test pattern type stuff.

This receiver was one of the very few that had an audio section built in. The Rawls TV-185 was the "complete package" when it came to television in the early 1930s. The only other examples of mechanical television receivers with built in audio that I know of are very early Western Visionette receivers before they were built in the table top cabinet that we all know.

Does any one else know of any mechanical televisions with built a in audio section?

[rld-tv01]

Originally Posted by vts1134

Does any one else know of any mechanical televisions with built a in audio section?

Not a mechanical set but early CRT home made television with audio from 1937. Does anyone know if this set still exists?

[compucat]

I think I actually saw this set in person. If it is the one I am thinking of, it was on display in the radio room at Cain Electronics in Norfolk. The owner collected antique radios and some tv sets, the best of which were on display in the small room. The rest were kept in the warehouse with the store inventory. I believe the store is closed now, a consequence of the owner passing away and the internet eating away at local parts shops.

[wa2ise]

Originally Posted by Olorin67

It was a pretty fringe hobby back then. and a lot of broadcasts were probable image only, crude test pattern type stuff.

The economy being in the toilet didn't help either...

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Olorin67

It was a pretty fringe hobby back then. and a lot of broadcasts were probable image only, crude test pattern type stuff.

You'd be surprised how many video and sound broadcasts were made back then....Pick up some early to mid 30's Radio News magazines, and you can find broadcast schedules of experimental TV stations.

[decojoe67]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

You'd be surprised how many video and sound broadcasts were made back then....Pick up some early to mid 30's Radio News magazines, and you can find broadcast schedules of experimental TV stations.

Where they able to broadcast a motion picture back then?

[old_tv_nut]

Originally Posted by decojoe67

Where they able to broadcast a motion picture back then?

see this page for an example:

http://www.earlytelevision.org/rca_scanning_disk.html