[mythtv-users] Mechanical cable splitter
David Brodbeck
gull at gull.us
Wed Nov 21 19:01:19 UTC 2007
On Nov 21, 2007, at 10:02 AM, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> IR remotes were common around 1975 or so, I believe; they were
> preceded
> by ultrasonic remotes with tuning bards; I have in my possession the
> first TV set to *have* a remote control; a 1950s Zenith with a pistol
> shaped flashlight and 4 CdS cells; channel-up, channel-down volume
> low-medium-high, and... I don't remember what the 4th one did. Power;
> I think.
>
> I wonder if anyone can still repair it.
Probably. There are old TV enthusiasts just like there are old radio
enthusiasts, although they're not as common -- the technical
challenges involved in TV repair are a little tougher, and a lot of
people who don't blink at working with +450 volt B+ supplies are a
little wary of multi-kilovolt CRT anodes. (Justifiably so -- tube
sets have a lot more capacitance in that circuit than solid-state
ones. A solid state set, treated incautiously, can throw you across
the room. A tube set can be lethal.) Replacement parts for TVs are
also harder to come by, especially CRTs -- their bulk means they were
a lot less likely to survive in storage, I think.
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