Videosphere
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Videosphere was a JVC
JVC
, usually referred to as JVC, is a Japanese international consumer and professional electronics corporation based in Yokohama, Japan which was founded in 1927...

 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...

 television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

that was shaped in the form of a space helmet. It was first introduced in 1970, and was sold up until the early-1980s. It was popular for its modern design; the alarm clock base was an option, most units have a plain base.

Videospheres were produced in large quantities in white, red, black and orange in the seventies with a grey colored model also released in the 1980's.
The design of the videosphere is said to have been inspired by the film '2001: A Space Odyssey' though the videosphere's shape in itself, remains as one of the most iconic examples of the early 1970's design ethos.

The sci-fi look of the TV saw a red model appear as a background prop in the film The Matrix.
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