fantastic vintage tvs

As flat screen TVs become ubiquitous, vintage TVs look more and more interesting and unusual. From early mechanical TVs consisting of a spinning disk and lens (which look even better without an enclosure), to Sony’s original transistor TV and portable LCD sets from as early as the 80s. Here are some of our favorites from collector sites around the web.

 
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Its in Japanese, but this site has lots of great Vintage Japanese TVs.
A portable 7 inch TV from 1948
Another mechanical TV from 1930. The image is viewed through the lens to the right.
An Italian Deco mechanical set from the early 1930s
This is a very early portable LCD TV from the 80s with a Solar Projection System that reflects the LCDV image off a glass mirror.
Before the cathode ray tube, mechanical TVs were made with a spinning disk and magnifier.