This TV cost $1,890 USD in today's money when it was new! (Panasonic Omni CTF-1465R)

During the 80s, Japanese consumer electronics companies were making some very impressive electronics. Super well built, feature laden and really advanced. What we have here, a Panasonic OMNI Series computer monitor that is likely one of the most feature filled consumer 13" TV/monitors ever made at the time.
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[@demenACE]

Panasonic "Just slightly ahead of our time." I have found that anything made by Panasonic was far better than the competitors!

[@communalnoodle1356]

That's usually still true today.

[@MrMe4444444]

Local university liked panasonic because you could get parts easier than other makes.

[@rommix0]

Yeah including their VCRs

[@awesomeferret]

My Panasonic Bluray player has had nearly nightly use for about 15 years now. It's a bit weak on some discs, but for 99 percent of discs, it still plays them perfectly (even with scratches, it's confusingly inconsistent on what errors it can handle). I've only ever had to go grab the backup player once. Bluray drives generally don't last that long, as far as I'm aware, but this one has.

[@watershed44]

@Dennis Fore True...I remember that old tagline from the late 1970s and early 80s, and it was true. Panasonic reliability back during the 1970s, and 80s was second to none, including Sony. While Sony did have some items and the Triniton picture tubes that were a tiny bit better than the Panasonic offerings, the Sony would be used up and in the garbage long before most any Panasonic item was.

[@bradgeels1485]

The 8-pin connector on the back is an EIAJ-8 connector. It was used by Japanese manufacturers from the 1970s through the 1990s and labeled VTR. It simply carried composite (CVBS) video and line-level audio, and was used to connect video tape players that were pre-Beta and pre-VHS. In the early to mid 80s the EIAJ-8 connector was sometimes labeled RGB, almost always TTL RGB. I have seen Sony, Panasonic, Sanyo, Sears (Panasonic), JC Penney (Panasonic) and several other brands use it for RGB. I do not believe anyone ever used it for RGB and CVBS at the same time. Finding an EIAJ-8 to DB-9 cable is the key for using one with a CGA equipped PC, or a Tandy 1000. Sourcing the EIAJ-8 male plugs is difficult. I have a few if you need one.

[@CheshireNoir]

Also there was no standard to the pinout (Learned that the hard way) so different manufacturers used different pins for different things)

[@dhpbear2]

I believe they were also used on 1/2" Sony open-reel B&W VTRs in the 1960s!

[@DanafoxyVixen]

Best thing about living in an area that uses the PAL tv system, it just works with no need for a tint control...

[@Darxide23]

You could always take very careful measurements (and a bit of trial and error) and 3d print doors for these old TVs. It won't be quite the same, but I'm sure you can get some spray paint to match the same shade of grey as the TV case.

[@B5152g]

I am betting the door off my old Panasonic VCR would fit, a lot of things in this era were pretty universal..

[@DoubleMonoLR]

Or fold metal, then and add hinges and latch.

[@Synthematix]

Dont 3d print anything like this, 3d printing is horrible, get a sheet of 2mm Plasticard (polystyrene plastic) and build one, glue together with poly cement

[@rogerk6180]

​@@Synthematix not all 3d printing is horrible. It really depends on the fillament you use to print stuff.

[@jondough76]

My mother still uses a Panasonic microwave from the mid 80's.. It still works perfectly.

[@Safetytrousers]

Older microwaves tended to have a high build quality because that was the only type you could get. Now there are much more efficient ways of making them which allows much cheaper ones. My cheap plastic bodied one I bought in 2009 still works fine.

[@haweater1555]

We used our 1986 Panasonic microwave until last year when the door switches failed. Haven't gotten around to ordering new ones on Amazon. The door circuitry was arranged with a safety backup so that if the main switch failed to kill the oven when the door was opened then the second switch would blow a fuse inside to keep the radiation from coming out in the open.

[@eDoc2020]

@@haweater1555 That double interlock setup has been standard fare for decades. I think you need to go to the 1970s to find one without the backup shorting switch.

[@drummerboy1390]

Same here. Panasonic microwave lasted for years. No buttons or dials, it was all touch controls.

[@freeculture]

I have a Whirlpool microwave with manufacture date of 1983 made in USA, still works, it has never broken down, simple, no dish rotation, touch buttons, no clock. Physical on/off switch by the door, so zero standby power.

[@bvangennip]

Adrian is like Bob Ross but electronics instead of painting. I find it interesting and relaxing. 👍 Nice work on the channel.

[@MattPlachecki]

Funny you mention the chunky on screen display. I was just remembering an old RCA tv we had at my high school that had an OSD that looked exactly like the Atari 2600 on screen font. I remember watching the 2000 presidential election coverage on that old TV.

[@xargos]

Glad to see you got one of these nice little TVs/monitors! I've always had great luck with Panasonic products. Their reliability is second to none.

[@Choralone422]

Growing up in the 80's I remember how expensive good electronics were! My family spent almost $600 on a Toshiba VCR in 1984 and then over $800 on a 31 inch Toshiba TV around 1989. Luckily with those high prices came in-home warranty repairs (at least on the TV) cause the TV needed 2 repair visits during its warranty. The first for a board that failed and the second visit to replace a fuse that blew about a week after the first repair. In particular, I remember the second visit cause the tech who came out was a little upset that the fuse hadn't been replaced by the first tech when what I'm assuming was the power supply board was replaced. That TV lasted throughout the 90's until early 2001 when it finally died.

[@jeromethiel4323]

I bought a Japanese 6 head VCR in 1987, and my parents used that front load VCR until 1998 or 1999. Which is a freaking long time for a front load VCR. I have had front load VCR's that the loading mechanism failed after 3-4 years.

[@StevenSmyth]

I used to sell video in the 80s and Toshiba TVs came with 36 months parts and labor That's why it got fixed so easily.

[@youwatchwhatyouwant]

Great narration! I don't know much of what you are talking about but was thoroughly interested in the content! thanks!

[@xianox8]

Very cool I believe I had one of these TVs to use with my Amiga 500 in the 90s. Bought it used from a neighbour who had it in their glass balcony.

[@Peter_S_]

As TV/RGB NTSC monitors go, that's one of the better ones I remember from the non-Trinitron world.

[@erickvond6825]

Good choice on the fader cleaner. The red de-ox-it will actually disolve the carbon trace in potentiometers. I was all ready to yell at my screen there for a second. You totally got it right though. Well done mate.

[@m.k.8158]

Agreed, do not use D-series on pots. However, F-series Deoxit actually contains a cleaner, so using CRC QD cleaner first is not necessary.

[@argniests5357]

very interesting CRT. Glad you reviewed it. Looks awesome.

[@HeikosGarage]

Hey Adrian, I would recommend using an automotive glass cleaner. Windex contains ammonia which damages plastic and rubber parts. Automotive cleaners don't have ammonia to protect seals and plastic trim. Greetings

[@These_Old_Engines]

I would tag on to this, give John Deere Classic glass cleaner a try..... It is stunning how well it works on glass. absolutely streak free.

[@blockbertus]

@@These_Old_Engines Seeing what John Deere does for (or better "against") right to repair, I wouldn't give them a dime.

[@DankNoodles420]

@@blockbertus I was thinking the same exact thing. I second this.

[@esecallum]

wash it in the bath and then put outside to dry for a week

[@mikemotorbike4283]

@@esecallum dont laugh, I worked with an electronic tech and this is how you clean VCrs which got liquids spilled on them. Better to use distilled or rain water.

[@Oldgamingfart]

I was gonna say, it definitely has that Profeel vibe about it, and then your article towards the end pretty much confirmed it! These sleek monitor style TV's were slow to take hold here in the UK, where we still had the usual push-thru CRT with the controls and speaker down the right-hand side. A design that hadn't changed much since the colour boom of the seventies! Probably around 1987 onwards with the arrival of FST technology, you started to see this type of design being taken up more commonly by European TV manufacturers..

[@michaelmarkham658]

Very interesting synchronization of yourself with the TV screen at 39:37, thought I was seeing double.

[@KAPTKipper]

Reminds me of the TV I bought in the 80's had the same glass front. channel buttons along the bottom. Sanyo Spectra Tech. 14" Used it with my C64 and my Atari ST. I had that TV for a LONG time.

[@zonenuke]

Dam this video made me feel good! and young again! I miss those times man :( Thank you

[@MrPabsUk]

One of my uncles had the full size living room TV in that exact style in the mid 80`s, I think it was 26", maybe 28"? He got it with the matching VCR & integrated stand. It was awesome.. I didnt know anyone else with a VCR at that time! I was only a kid at the time, so I have no idea how much that setup cost, probably the equivalent of $4-5k going by the price of that 14"!

[@2011joser]

I had Goldstar (LG) 19” tv with a very similar glass panel . It was probably a copy of this one because the front control panel layout was the same and the clips were practically identical. The connections and controls were more basic but the fleshtone reproduction was very pleasing.

[@MatroxMillennium]

Wow, this was a lot cooler than I was expecting. :)

[@stevewhitcher6719]

In the UK TVs with that style of glass front was for sets that were for rental. TVs for rental were bombproof. I remember buying some ex-rental TV's in the 1990's that were 15 years old, and didnt break i replaced them only because i needed NTSC as well as PAL composite video support!

[@EzeePosseTV]

A good ol Grundig TV with faux wood effect cabinet featuring a chunky 50p meter, chuck a 50p in the slot and crank that dial round til you hear the _'CLINK'_ and you get TV for a couple of hours. Radio Rentals, what a god-send! lol

[@watershed44]

@Adrian's Digital Basement ][ Also impressive is the geometry usually with most CRT sets you' d have some imperfections, but it looks almost perfect.

[@MajorCadence]

I have a very similar set CT-1330M and it had the best picture out of all my CRTs (even over the Trinitrons!) The flyback eventually died (I think). I didn't really want to complete disassemble it because of how many different modular boards there are inside. But, it was definitely aimed at the professional market. In addition to that VTR connector, it had BNC inputs for the composite video and audio, as well as the outputs for a second monitor!

[@marka1986]

Panasonic generally made quality products that lasted a long time. An older universal remote may run some functions.

[@SimonEllwood]

My phone has an IR Blaster built-in which is great for playing with old kit!

[@espressomatic]

Any Harmony will have codes for this. There's no doubt Panasonic re-used codes over most of their product line.

[@Stoney3K]

That EIAJ connector is very common on professional video equipment (cameras, VCRs and switchers). So this monitor is a fully blown PVM with a tuner on board. Cathode Ray Dude may be able to give you some more information on the equipment that used these kind of connectors.

[@shabazz18]

I just found one of these in the trash. Thanks for the video! Fingers crossed it works.

[@pieroc91]

Well that's a nice set. That wire and board nightmare reminded me to a Sony Trinitron KV-4000 i used to have. That also was the most interesting TV i've ever saw... it was (i guess) the smallest Trinitron ever made at 4 inches and it was from the late 70s, the darn thing had an awesome image... it was so small that had no degaussing coil and had to be done manually quite often.

[@envitech02]

36:25 OMG It's so super clear and sharp!! Imagine this kind of quality back in 1984, the year Arnie got famous in the original Terminator.

[@tmilker]

Adrian has gone full Dave Jones "Don't turn it on, take it apart!" and I like it!

[@martlowe]

Love the CRT videos the best!

[@douglashornick4388]

Adrian, I lived in Japan in 1987 and bought a 20" Toshiba TV similar in design to this Panasonic. It cost $800 back then. I no longer have the Toshiba but I did buy an RGB cable that would fit that connection on the back if you want it.

[@garyjohnson4608]

I would have loved to have this monitor back in the day !!

[@PaoloMarcelli]

"ColorPilot" is a much cooler way to say "Automatic Color Control" XD

[@adriansdigitalbasement2]

Haha, yeah anything with pilot in it is kind of cool sounding!

[@MarthallersMisadventures]

Wow, what a flashback. I owned that TV back in 84.

[@cinesanctuary]

From 2000 to 2004 i worked for the old Thames Tv studios in Teddington near london. We had loads of very similar tvs which i believe had been used on the kenney Everett video show as a video wall. The series ran from the late 70s to 83. We were still using them in 2000.

[@itstheweirdguy]

I remember having a sweet vcr that had a big front door across most of the bottom that opened downwards, that had waaaaay too many settings and dials and doo dads. it would have fit great with this

[@martinenglish6641]

Memories of fun days working for an electronics equipment service store to pay my way threw college. :)

[@DiverCTH]

We had the matching OmniVision "portable" VCR back in the day. I vaguely recall that the door over the tuner compartment was really bad about falling off, so not surprised that this one's went missing. If you happen to find one of those at eWaste, it was great for recovering damaged VHS tapes, because it was a top loader, and allowed you to thread the tape in as a reel-to-reel without having to "spring" for a replacement case at Radio Shack since the springs in earlier VHS clamshells would invariably launch themselves across the room.

[@adriansdigitalbasement2]

When I was a kit we had one of those. It was a two part unit -- one half was the top loader VCR and the other half was the power supply, clock/timer and tuner. You could take the VCR part and stick in a 12v battery and throw it over your shoulder for use "on the go." It was a good VCR!

[@danielmalone4446]

@@adriansdigitalbasement2 I too, came as a kit.

[@DiverCTH]

@@adriansdigitalbasement2 That's the one. Remember those pull-out channel number tabs?

[@DiverCTH]

@@danielmalone4446 Heathkit or Radio Shack?

[@chouseification]

@@adriansdigitalbasement2 most often paired with the camera unit. Several of my neighbors in the early 80s had these split VCRs and although I suppose you could use it for portability, it was often the case with those early cameras where you had to bring the camera head and separate recorder (connected with a big fat cable). The video tubes in them were pretty sad, but hey, portable video recording on tape was a big deal to the boomers and their new toys (who were proud to have moved up from Super 8). :P

[@Wenlocktvdx]

We used to have a AWA (Australian Wireless Association) monitor style TV from the mid 80s until the early 2000s when the horizontal failed. It didn’t have any monitor functions, though it did look like yours but a bit taller. The remote lived in a holder that hinged out on the front. It only had limited functions but I later discovered, with a universal remote, that it was possible to control the colour, brightness and contrast. I did advise mum that she could take the glass off to clean it and the screen as it’s not an implosion shield. The CRT is a rimband type so the glass is only for appearance.

[@Povilaz]

It looks awesome!

[@BensSightSoundandAuto]

That 8 pin is an EIAJ connector, and in the early days of VTRs, it carried composite video and audio both directions to and from the TV/monitor to the VTR.

[@wacholder5690]

For the door: make a drawing and get someone to do a 3D-print in silver filament. Same suggestion for the front glass locking clips. Beautiful piece of 80s TV-design. Thanks for sharing !

[@MrTransalpin]

AMAZING ! This little TV set have CVBS inputs, for retrogaming, or using with DVD players, or Laserdisc players or VCR, with CINCH plugs or SCART plug( with adapter )

[@haweater1555]

I still use my 1990 13" JVC C-1446 TV/Monitor that I bought when I got my first full time job. (Though not my first major entertainment electronics purchase - that was a costly Sony HiFi VHS even if I had only a borrowed B&W portable to use it with -- gotta have priorities.) It closely resembles the Commodore 1701/02. Though it had no special inputs other than ANT and composite video in.

[@ultrametric9317]

Great TV - brings back happy memories of assembling a Heathkit GR-2001 for my Dad! Talk about a 1970s era chonk onscreen font! Looked like Pong! But what a TV!

[@wx4newengland]

My mom had 85 set that also had the glass front. Was in use up to 2016. Hers was just a regular tv/ but did have cable tuner

[@JenniferinIllinois]

Chunktastic font. 🤣🤣🤣 I'm with ya Adrian, I love it too!!!

[@kaitlyn__L]

Wow! Lots of companies bandy about the phrase “no expense spared” but I really think it’s apt here! A bunch of the build factors made me expect it’s a more expensive manufacture too, in addition to all the technical features! Plus that lovely slim design which reminds me of Technics’ design language. What a beauty! Shame about the door, but if anything that just makes it feel even more real. TVs lose their doors, it’s life. lol

[@dank1837]

That funky output on the back looks like the same on my Tandy 2000 CM-1

[@rustymotor]

Found one of these in an E waste collection bin, I took it home but have not had time to experiment with it. Never knew they originally cost so much!

[@ovalwingnut]

DeOxiy FADER - Very impressed. You nailed the right product for the right job. Reg DeOxit is not to be used on carbon track pots (not that they make that clear!)... You my friend have snatched the pebble from my hand. Cheers.

[@andcrafter4790]

its interesting to me how some things or their best equivalent were cheaper in the past and others were waaay more expensive

[@SIW808]

we had this same exactly TV in the early 90s

[@michaelcarey]

Those EIAJ connecors were also commonly used on JRC marine electronics equipment in the 1980s and early 90s. I remember wiring a LOT of them to connect various equipment used on fishing boats. They are VERY robust and made a very satisfying click when pushed into place.

[@scottgfx]

My brother had the Quasar version of this set. Instead of buttons on the front, there was a trap-door where the IR remote went. There were a few channel buttons on the top, but also on the top was a door with all of the contrast, brightness, tint, etc. knobs. It sadly got thrown out a year or so ago.

[@bloxyman22]

The onscreen display even on brand new tvs of this age always warped and often moved around when there was static or very weak RF signal. I have seen this happen even on tvs from late 90s.

[@communalnoodle1356]

My parents had a similar but sold under their "National" brand TV in 34CM size that was only a TV. The door on the front also held the remote control on that one.

[@RavenWolfRetroTech]

This TV reminds me of the JVC AV-2090 I bought in 86 and had until the mid teens... It was being used in my office and, after it stopped working, a well meaning employee sent it to e-waste not realizing it was my personal property..... If you ever see one I highly recommend it. Glass cover, high res (more scan lines) and Digital RGB for the C= 128

[@stevencarlson5422]

love it ! just love it !!!!!!

[@KindredIndust]

I remember those... Very high quality. Some of the first digital tuning also, didn't they?

[@kevinradigan2688]

Great video! It just so happens that a few years ago I bought this monitor, new in box, off Craigslist for $125. The picture was fantastic and far better than the picture on my low hour Commodore 1702 monitor. I also had the spec sheet that came in the box and it listed the monitor as having a very high TV line count for its size (I forget the exact number). I sold the Panasonic monitor shortly after I got it and only did so because when the set would run, it had a really funky smell that would fill the room. It almost smelled like manure. This was strange because the monitor was in absolutely mint condition and didn't look like anyone had ever operated it. I wonder if the smell was the plastic degrading or possibly the flux on the circuit boards degrading? Either way, I do regret getting rid of it because there probably would have been a way to get rid of the smell.

[@josephkelly4893]

Lovely monitor

[@amdintelxsniperx]

i have a system 32 space command tv and i absolutely love it

[@envitech02]

22:00 Wow!! Pretty good quality now as it was then. The image is pretty sharp and steady. Not bad even by the standards of today. No doubt this was a high quality CRT then. This thing is completely packed with electronics!! When this thing came out I was just a pimply faced teenager.

[@HutchCA]

I had a similar TV I bought in '86. Flat glass over the front with the same removal clips and composite inputs on the rear. No RGB connector though that I recall. It got smashed when I moved in '87

[@twocvbloke]

My Torch monitor's Sony chassis would have had one of those RGB connectors, but had been custom-fitted with a DIN socket instead to go with the associated Torch computer, but that aside it'd be cool to get a cable for it, or making one up if you can fid the connector to use with various things, including the Amiga (given there are sources of new DB23F & M connectors now), which I think would be a nice match-up... :D

[@MrSpacelyy]

All those boards, TVs must have been really expensive. I had even older ones, so complex. No remote. Side boards with boards on it. Amazing

[@viscountalpha]

it's common for higher end crts. Generally they weigh considerably more. Sony PVM/BVM and Professional crts look so much better. They are getting very expensive now.

[@kirkanos3968]

My buddy had one of these in his room, he was a wild kid. More then a handful of times i remember a nes or snes controller getting wiped at the tv. Wonder if they had replaced the glass with plexiglass if not that was some strong glass.

[@rhymereason3449]

I had a version of this... slightly different model that was branded JC Penny, but basically the same. Oh I thought I was so clever for getting both a TV and computer monitor in one!

[@tankgrrl]

So 80s! It really resembles the Sony PVM I have. The number of times that Max Headroom was on that TV is likely in the thousands. :)

[@tayro7265]

I had an early 80's Zenith System III. Best TV I ever had.

[@su2pect]

When I was a kid a standard color TVs were sold (in eastern Germany) at a price that was four times the monthly wage of an engineer. This gem here from Panasonic would have been unpayable for us 😁📺

[@FinalBaton]

Wil we see a RGB hookup on it next video? :P Great little set, I've seen a few Panasonic with front glass in local listings around here. Wonder if one of them was this model. I've also seen a few Sony one and Sony also has a couple models in the Profeel line that have RGB input.

[@virginiamontoya2685]

Wow that's the most standing Yard 13-in TV the '80s TV the best

[@DarinNederhoff]

Had a tv monitor almost identical to this but it was branded as Montgomery Ward unit.

[@mason6300]

I actually have the UK version of this. I still have it in my shed. It was my Grans who had it for 20 years before getting an LCD. She got it for free from her brother who "found it" and used it as a kitchen tv 😂

[@johnlittle8975]

this was someone's pride and joy

[@sa3270]

This reminds me a lot of a Montgomery Ward Signature 2000 TV my dad got me for a birthday present in 1988 for $400. Very similar in design with the glass panel and latches. Mine had a few more buttons on the front including fine tuning. It did not have the Japanese connector on the back, but of course had composite and cable inputs.

[@coyote_den]

One guess who made TVs for Montgomery Ward.

[@rinner2801]

I have a similar Mitsubishi model that is in incredible condition, the inside is very clean but was never opened. I don't have any TTL RGB sources to test it with though.

[@freeculture]

This looks a lot like the one i had in the 80ies/90ies. But this one is more complex, mine did not had rgb or composite in/out nor would it display channels or volume in the picture, it had radio style buttons in a line, and the same type of door you push it open it and could adjust the tune for the "radio button" channels. It had the same glass cover with the plastic thingies with the arrow pointing right, i never took it off :) I remember one day made a bang and smoke came out, took it to repair and it was fixed quickly, maybe a capacitor. I wish i still had it.

[@AntonyTCurtis]

New old stock EIAJ-8 plugs do still occasionally appear on eBay. I purchased one last year for my Taxan monitor.

[@FullMetalFab]

I got a monitor like that with the removable glass cover in a big lot of retro gear from s friend of mine. Forget the model but I'll be freshening it up at some point.

[@bradenmoser58]

Japanese plugs are generally still all 2 prong non-polarized. Outlets are generally 2 prong polarized. The only exceptions in my apartment are the outlets in the kitchen and laundry area and those used for air conditioner units, which have three holes. However, fridges, microwaves, washing machines, air conditioners, etc. usually still have two prong plugs, but also a separate earth wire that you screw onto a terminal in the outlet. I have never purchased or seen anything here that has a 3 prong cable.

[@CheshireNoir]

Just watch out for that connector. While the physical connector is a standard, the pinouts aren't. I've found several different variants. (I have a Zenith monitor that uses it for Analog RGB) Also you could 3D print a new front panel and then spray it with one of those gloss metallic paints that bond themselves into a smooth surface.

[@BG101UK]

I was thinking along the same lines as you regarding 3D-printing a front panel! In some cases these fall off and get lost due to broken "hinge" tabs.

[@teekay_1]

My future spouse had one of these when I met her. She kept it for years until digital TV made it obsolete. Beautiful picture, even if it was tiny.

[@ResurrectionRetro]

Really enjoyed this video. I repair 70s and 80s TVs on my Resurrection Retro channel and this Panasonic is in my sweet spot of enjoyable repairs. I've got a number of Sony and Panasonic tvs in my collection and they are always good fun to diagnose and repair.

[@bstar777777]

I recently picked up a Dell CRT that has been in storage for about 30 years... When I turned it on initially it had a pretty constant clicking noise and screen flicker. I was really hoping that the caps just needed current flowing through them and the issue would hopefully go away. Turns out, that was indeed the case. After running the Doom demo for about an hour, the issue went away and has not come back.

[@alisharifian535]

It wasn't until late 90's that i saw OSD on TV's.this TV is high-end compared to what TVs typically could do in 80's with not even one single digital part inside them😁!

[@DiverCTH]

My grandmother had a Sears CRT with rudimentary OSD from the same time period. I inherited it for my room when she downsized in '92. The OSD and the ultrasonic? RF? remote both died by the time I moved to college in '98. IIRC there was a neon bulb in the remote that either burned out or lost its vacuum. No idea what it was doing, other than maybe RF current limiting since the thing ran off a 9V battery.

[@alisharifian535]

@@DiverCTH the Sears TV that you mentioned was not something very high quality build ,but it was definitely something "rocket science" compared to 13" b/w tvs with separate vhf/uhf tuning dials 😂!

[@Electronics-Rocks]

I found national matsushita electric (Panasonic) build quality was better than the rest. Even back in the 80's repair these this is clean as so many people smoking sets was dirty in comparison to this one 30 year's later!!

[@DavidMiddleton]

I bought my first TV in 1988 for $599. It was a 20" CRT Electrohome, mono sound, with remote control. It was my only TV right up until 2004 when I broke down and bought a 27" CRT something or other (the Electrohome was still functional!). A couple years later I got a 50" Hitachi rear projection which I used until about 2019 when it died and I bought my present 52" LED Samsung. Sure got what you paid for!

[@ubergeeknz]

17:02 Blue caps with the triangle logo = Matsushita, now known as Panasonic. They still make top tier electrolytic capacitors.

[@bzert281]

color TVs, back in the day, used to cost a LOT of money! In our circles, the popular saying was "yeah we had color TV when we were kids, but the color part was broken"

[@senilyDeluxe]

The dark blue Matsushita caps also start to leak right now, most of them you wouldn't see leaked until you really closely inspect them. Since mine just started leaking and the devices have been made in 78/80 maybe yours take 2 or 3 years until they start leaking as well. Thanks to Jordan Pier, I wouldn't have caught the caps on my Panasonic/JVC VCRs leaking on casual inspection. You need to look closely. Hilarious like your gestures match those on the screen near the end of the video :-) Looks like this TV uses the same font as my 1984 Newvicon tube camera with integrated title generator. I used that for some of my videos. Erm... Panasonic TVs are pretty certainly all using the same IR protocol and address, so you can control it with pretty much every Panasonic TV remote control and/or universal remote control. You just won't find the exact matching one, so this is a collectability issue, not a controlability issue. I have a Grundig 1510 portable 14 inch TV from 1973, all solid state. It weighs as much as a 1980s 27 inch TV and consumes twice as much power as that. I also have a manufacturing date of October 1984. And I've known a 27 inch TV from 1978 that had on screen display with a clock. The pixels were PONG ball size, but hey, OSD. The owner threw it away, he didn't know I was still using it. Damn. I really liked that TV.

[@johnwsimpson3153]

i agree. i have an ibm pc monitor of similar age, mid 80s, which had a bad cap that caused a vertical size problem. i replaced all the electrolytic caps.

[@jorgealain5126]

My grandma had this monitor back in 2001 here in Brazil. I've used this one at the time with my Tectoy dynavision(a Brazilian ripoff sega's consoles)

[@DanielMarkstedtR]

Adrian, to answer your question: Japan still uses the same two-pronged non-polarized plugs to this day. For heavy-duty home electronics there’s often an optional ground lead hanging off the side of the plug with a little hook that you attach onto a prong that sits behind a little lid on ground-enabled wall outlets. It’s really quite precarious.

[@DrakenFireen]

i had a door for that monitor! sadly the tv is left at the old summer cottage middle of the north of Quebec. i will have to head there sometime when im up for vacation to see, my tv works but the back end is smashed up a bit, is gonna replace it with an 20 inch sony trinitron i found in the trash. i will see if i still got the tv though, unless my cousin tossed it out before im up there.

[@mattelder1971]

I'm almost certain I had the Japanese version of this when I was in the Navy and stationed in Japan in the early 90s.

[@ghohenzollern]

My grandparents definitely had a similar CRT in their bedroom when I was a kid. I think it was just the TV model though with no monitor support. I definitely remember the glass screen and clips. It's possible that a door/remote from one of those models might work with that one.