1930's rear projection TV in the UK still in service
By Ben Drawbaugh 
posted July 21st 2009 9:12PM
posted July 21st 2009 9:12PM
It's really easy to forget how far we've come in the past 70 or so years, while at the same time how some things stay the same. This 12-inch CRT might be the oldest working TV in the UK and has even been modified so it could be connected to a modern day converter box to gain access to Freeview -- no word if the owner is paid up on his TV license though. But what's really interesting here is that it is a rear project TV with the main mirror being mounted on fold down lid to help it blend in with the home's decor when not in use -- and to think we thought the idea of finding ways to hide HDTVs was a new idea or something.
Possibly worth mentioning that HD in the 1930s meant 405 lines, a standard called System A. This actually means the owner of this set needs to attach two standards converter boxes to get it to work in the modern world, a DTV to PAL adapter, and a PAL to System A converter.
Also this isn't an rear projection set, just a CRT with a mirror. The CRT image isn't being projected onto a screen.
No one likes a no-it-all ;)
errr....know-it-all
You could still call it a front projection TV.
Pretty cool. I bet that thing could power the machine in 'The Prestige'.
Why does a part of me expect this TV to receive 1930's programming?
must be alot of radiation.
I hate seeing this rampant misuse of apostrophes! 1930s, or '30s - NOT 1930's.
Oh's no's! The's spelling's Nazi's are's here's!!
it's "oh nos" or "oh "noes". :)
haha, nevermind. i get's it now!