Dethroned extremely fast?...Not really, Battery powered transistor portable black and white (and color) CRT TVs were sold well into the 1990's (maybe even later, I'd have to check my Radio Shack catalog collection..) We even had one built into a boom box with a stereo cassette deck and AM/FM radio.
@@jamesslick4790 I did not expressed myself well, I did not meant that the technology was dethroned, just that particular impressive piece of technology, i.e. the Philco Safari. The two SONYs showed in the video look superior.
The Safari was very well made,you can plug them in now and will still work as the video shows.. The Sony TV8-301 usually needs at least capacitor replacements to produce a full size picture.
@@SlyPearTree Oh, Got ya, You meant the ACTUAL PARTICUALR product. Yeah becuase The SONYs MAY or may NOT have been better sets. But except for the mirror required for the vertical CRT of the Philco, The underlying technology itself is the same. And would remain pretty much the same until the end of the CRT portable era. (Just to clear up any confusion.)
@@jamesslick4790 yep, I got one for christmas when I was 10 in 2003. It was a black&white tube one brand new then! I seen portable black&white tube sets still being sold well into the mid 2000s in stores Even in 2005 I was gifted another black&white portable set, this time with a builtin mp3 CD player! I sometimes wonder if the cathode ray tube is still being made/used today within some specialized aplications outside television.
Two transistors? I wonder if the words "Boy's Radio" were on the radio itself (around 1960, they were considered "Working Toy Radios" and not taxable imports).
Quite an achievement in 1959. The line scan and EHT circuits were high stress environments for the early transistors, and even ten years later there were many failures in this part of the TV.
Thank you for the kind words. It is much appreciated. This turned out to be an expensive video for us, since we decided to buy all the equipment you see in the video in order to provide the best quality images and give viewers a "realistic" feel for this early technology. Lots of time, lots of fun. It is nice to see people enjoying it. Thanks again! ~ Victor, at CHAP
Thanks. I'm heading on down to my Philco dealer after work, to see if I can pick one up. I'm going camping next weekend, and this will sure come in handy. :)
@@roachtoasties No, only that we no longer broadcast NTSC, so bring your battery powered and transistorized VCR! Granted we needed to modernize TV and move onto ATSC, but it was a sad day when all the analog TVs essentially became obsoleted unless one uses an external tuner and converter/modulator. I had (well, still have, actually) a nice 5” B&W portable battery powered TV set that I enjoyed using for years during hurricanes and power outages and I kind of miss using that little set!
@@ethanpoole3443 I still have some analog sets too, including a couple tiny sets that are of no use. The larger ones I have connected to a cable box, which still provides an analog output, but there may come a day where those also no longer work. Oh, well. :/
@@edgarwalk5637 I know, they miss all the beauty around them. If yhey're not watching YT or something, the're filming the view whilst looking at a screen. (In portrait mode.)
At nine years old I went with my father to a firestone tire store and watched a TV just like that while they were fixing his car. I also read the Popular Science Magazine.
It's interesting that the engineers opted to use a yoke on this little CRT. Since the required deflection angle is small, I would expect oscilloscope-style electrostatic deflection, as this would consume less power and eliminate the costly, copper-wound yoke.
@@jamesslick4790 especiall since my mom bought me that and passed a couple of years later. I got the emulator and the games but to really release my memories i gotta actually posess it and hold it . Funny my memories trigger with exposure to the old games i played. There even doing alzheimers research because games are such strong memory triggers.
Hi Alain, the professional narrator who did this narration for is David Melvin (mentioned in the credits at 4:29). He is a professional voice over artist. We love his clarity and tone, especially with technical subjects. I don't know the nature of any of the recording equipment he uses. Hope this helps. Thanks for asking. ~ Victor
Hi Beast, great question! It used a Philco Leakproof Alkaline Rechargeable 7-1/2 volt battery. Back in 1959, they cost about $5. each (which would be about $28.00 U.S. dollars today). Thanks for asking. ~ Victor, CHAP
@@ComputerHistoryArchivesProject I’m surprised that was their choice, I was expecting either NiCd or lead acid gel cell (though I am uncertain if they had gel cells in 1959, not sure when they were first introduced).
Kind of had to have a CRT in order to be a CRT. Otherwise the only tubes I have noticed were the two high voltage rectifiers and that was actually a very smart decision at the time as there really were not more reliable high-voltage solid state rectifier options with less voltage drop available at the time (selenium rectifiers would have had too much voltage drop and wasted power and solid state diodes would have required a very long string of relatively low-voltage diodes to handle the very high voltages of the VHT circuit…which gets us back to that excessive voltage drop issue). Nowadays we could easily drop a few 1N4007/5408 1000V diodes in their place and accomplish the same without much voltage drop, but those did not exist, or at least were not reliable (or may have had too much reverse leakage current).
It's was a good achievement for consumer electronics at the time but that price point was insane. Where did they expect people to really use it? Lord knows I wouldn't want to drag something that expensive someplace wet and sandy. If I am camping I want quiet. If I just had to watch a ball game I would have stayed home. Those later Sony TV's would have been good for a dorm though.
@@ComputerHistoryArchivesProject If you want to watch a TV station that is 300 miles away, the Beach is the likeliest place where you'll see it, since UHF radio waves can follow the curve at times.
I have one of these that still works! My daddy was so proud he had this cutting edge technology back in the day.
The one I remember as a child in the sixties was that little Sony that's still so attractive.
An amazing piece of technology that was dethroned extremely fast.
Dethroned extremely fast?...Not really, Battery powered transistor portable black and white (and color) CRT TVs were sold well into the 1990's (maybe even later, I'd have to check my Radio Shack catalog collection..) We even had one built into a boom box with a stereo cassette deck and AM/FM radio.
@@jamesslick4790 I did not expressed myself well, I did not meant that the technology was dethroned, just that particular impressive piece of technology, i.e. the Philco Safari. The two SONYs showed in the video look superior.
The Safari was very well made,you can plug them in now and will still work as the video shows.. The Sony TV8-301 usually needs at least capacitor replacements to produce a full size picture.
@@SlyPearTree Oh, Got ya, You meant the ACTUAL PARTICUALR product. Yeah becuase The SONYs MAY or may NOT have been better sets. But except for the mirror required for the vertical CRT of the Philco, The underlying technology itself is the same. And would remain pretty much the same until the end of the CRT portable era. (Just to clear up any confusion.)
@@jamesslick4790 yep, I got one for christmas when I was 10 in 2003. It was a black&white tube one brand new then!
I seen portable black&white tube sets still being sold well into the mid 2000s in stores
Even in 2005 I was gifted another black&white portable set, this time with a builtin mp3 CD player!
I sometimes wonder if the cathode ray tube is still being made/used today within some specialized aplications outside television.
I have one of these in my antique radio and television collection
…….can you imagine! How cool is this? Think I received my first 2-transistor radio about then! Great piece of history…….thanks for sharing!
Hi John, thank you for the kind words. : ) CHAP
Fantastic! In 1959 i got my first 2-transistor radio (I was only eight)
Two transistors?
I wonder if the words "Boy's Radio" were on the radio itself (around 1960, they were considered "Working Toy Radios" and not taxable imports).
Quite an achievement in 1959. The line scan and EHT circuits were high stress environments for the early transistors, and even ten years later there were many failures in this part of the TV.
Beautiful, very well preserved example.
Thank you for the kind words. It is much appreciated. This turned out to be an expensive video for us, since we decided to buy all the equipment you see in the video in order to provide the best quality images and give viewers a "realistic" feel for this early technology. Lots of time, lots of fun. It is nice to see people enjoying it. Thanks again! ~ Victor, at CHAP
I wish companies were still dedicated to quality like they use to be before the 1970s.
Thanks. I'm heading on down to my Philco dealer after work, to see if I can pick one up. I'm going camping next weekend, and this will sure come in handy. :)
Good luck. Perhaps you will get the last of the "on Sale" items! ~ : )
I've got some bad news for you.
@@beezertwelvewashingbeard8703 Are you trying to tell me they're not made anymore? :(
@@roachtoasties No, only that we no longer broadcast NTSC, so bring your battery powered and transistorized VCR! Granted we needed to modernize TV and move onto ATSC, but it was a sad day when all the analog TVs essentially became obsoleted unless one uses an external tuner and converter/modulator. I had (well, still have, actually) a nice 5” B&W portable battery powered TV set that I enjoyed using for years during hurricanes and power outages and I kind of miss using that little set!
@@ethanpoole3443 I still have some analog sets too, including a couple tiny sets that are of no use. The larger ones I have connected to a cable box, which still provides an analog output, but there may come a day where those also no longer work. Oh, well. :/
Quiet incredible, here in England we only just invented the wheel......
Amazing set
Neat stuff. Nice to see the history and development of technologies.
Thank you for the kind words. ~ Victor
It's realy well built and compact.
But I don't think I'd go to a lovely beach to watch TV. LOL.
What if "Baywatch" was on? 😜
@@jamesslick4790 LOL.
People today go to lovely places only to stare at their own portable TV (their phones).
@@edgarwalk5637 I know, they miss all the beauty around them. If yhey're not watching YT or something, the're filming the view whilst looking at a screen. (In portrait mode.)
At nine years old I went with my father to a firestone tire store and watched a TV just like that while they were fixing his car. I also read the Popular Science Magazine.
It's interesting that the engineers opted to use a yoke on this little CRT. Since the required deflection angle is small, I would expect oscilloscope-style electrostatic deflection, as this would consume less power and eliminate the costly, copper-wound yoke.
We watch a LCD to learn about TVs in 2021.....
Pocket sized, battery powered LCD TVs were around in the 1980's! Source: I worked at Radio Shack.
@@jamesslick4790 i had the Atari Lynx 😀. Then someone stole it.😐
@@jasonmorgan661That's a Bummer,dude. 😟
@@jamesslick4790 especiall since my mom bought me that and passed a couple of years later. I got the emulator and the games but to really release my memories i gotta actually posess it and hold it . Funny my memories trigger with exposure to the old games i played. There even doing alzheimers research because games are such strong memory triggers.
One question: what narration software did you use for this video? It's excellent and almost indistinguishable from a real narrator!
Hi Alain, the professional narrator who did this narration for is David Melvin (mentioned in the credits at 4:29). He is a professional voice over artist. We love his clarity and tone, especially with technical subjects. I don't know the nature of any of the recording equipment he uses. Hope this helps. Thanks for asking. ~ Victor
It's the uncanny valley of human speech
@@ataricom
I don't know, David's narration is so precise that it gave me the impression that it could be a computer speech software at work here...
@@AlainHubert Human imitating computer. There's Artificial Intelligence for you!
I am wondering what kind of rechargeable battery was used. Also interesting that the tubes look like wires directly connected no sockets.
Hi Beast, great question! It used a Philco Leakproof Alkaline Rechargeable 7-1/2 volt battery. Back in 1959, they cost about $5. each (which would be about $28.00 U.S. dollars today). Thanks for asking. ~ Victor, CHAP
@@ComputerHistoryArchivesProject I’m surprised that was their choice, I was expecting either NiCd or lead acid gel cell (though I am uncertain if they had gel cells in 1959, not sure when they were first introduced).
Safari, so goody…….
Bit lost on US viewers 🤔
Bought my first transistor radio back in 1970, Thought I had grown up all of a sudden, It cost me £1-99. What a bargain !
The tv sony 510u is from the year 1972
I need a hood like that for my transisorizsed TV (my phone).
Yet it still has a couple of tubes in it.
Kind of had to have a CRT in order to be a CRT. Otherwise the only tubes I have noticed were the two high voltage rectifiers and that was actually a very smart decision at the time as there really were not more reliable high-voltage solid state rectifier options with less voltage drop available at the time (selenium rectifiers would have had too much voltage drop and wasted power and solid state diodes would have required a very long string of relatively low-voltage diodes to handle the very high voltages of the VHT circuit…which gets us back to that excessive voltage drop issue). Nowadays we could easily drop a few 1N4007/5408 1000V diodes in their place and accomplish the same without much voltage drop, but those did not exist, or at least were not reliable (or may have had too much reverse leakage current).
It's was a good achievement for consumer electronics at the time but that price point was insane. Where did they expect people to really use it? Lord knows I wouldn't want to drag something that expensive someplace wet and sandy. If I am camping I want quiet. If I just had to watch a ball game I would have stayed home. Those later Sony TV's would have been good for a dorm though.
I had a Casio hand held colour tv worked well until the analog signal was switch off in 2012
Hook it up to a battery pack and a DTV converter box.
I did that with a battery power TV.
Advertisers have long had this bizarre fixation with thinking that folks want to watch TV on a beach. Who does that.
Hi Alphabeets, good point! I don't remember ever seeing beach TV''s on BayWatch. : )
@@ComputerHistoryArchivesProject I imagine there might have been, but we were likely distracted. 😂
@@ComputerHistoryArchivesProject
If you want to watch a TV station that is 300 miles away, the Beach is the likeliest place where you'll see it, since UHF radio waves can follow the curve at times.
Great content. Please put your channel on Odysee.
Hi Dave, thanks for the kind words and for your suggestion. It sounds like something worth exploring. ~ : )
mean 'Philco' Philips? I don't understand why Philips named in the USA 'Magnavox'? or is the name Philips a non good word?
“Like a theatre…”
if youre two inches tall.
Perfect for your propaganda, daddy.
Sony sets more Advance