MTV-1
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The MTV-1 was the first model of a near-pocket sized
television
. It was developed by Clive Sinclair
and was released in 1978.
The MTV-1 used a minuscule 2" CRT
; making it the smallest CRT built onto a commercially marketed product.
There were two versions, the MTV-1A could receive PAL
or NTSC
transmissions on VHF or UHF, while the MTV-1B would only work with British and South African UHF PAL signals.
Handheld television
A Handheld television is a portable device that usually uses a TFT LCD or Organic light-emitting diode color display. Many of these devices resemble handheld transistor radios.-Hardware:...
television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
. It was developed by Clive Sinclair
Clive Sinclair
Sir Clive Marles Sinclair is a British entrepreneur and inventor, most commonly known for his work in consumer electronics in the late 1970s and early 1980s....
and was released in 1978.
The MTV-1 used a minuscule 2" CRT
Cathode ray tube
The cathode ray tube is a vacuum tube containing an electron gun and a fluorescent screen used to view images. It has a means to accelerate and deflect the electron beam onto the fluorescent screen to create the images. The image may represent electrical waveforms , pictures , radar targets and...
; making it the smallest CRT built onto a commercially marketed product.
There were two versions, the MTV-1A could receive PAL
PAL
PAL, short for Phase Alternating Line, is an analogue television colour encoding system used in broadcast television systems in many countries. Other common analogue television systems are NTSC and SECAM. This page primarily discusses the PAL colour encoding system...
or NTSC
NTSC
NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
transmissions on VHF or UHF, while the MTV-1B would only work with British and South African UHF PAL signals.
Sources
- Retro thing
- Consider the Panasonic IC TV MODEL TR-001 introduced in 1970 as the first in this category. Its physical size is almost identical to the Sinclair MTV1.http://www.visions4.net/journal/time-line/
External links
- Franks Handheld TV Pages-Part 2
- Franks Handheld TV Pages-Internal Pictures
- Vintage Micro Television http://www.visions4.net/journal/time-line/