Tag: vintage electronics

The Sony Technology That ‘LOST’ to VHS — Then Quietly Took Over Television (NO AI)

Everyone knows Sony lost the VCR war to VHS. Almost nobody knows what Sony did next and how the technology that “lost” ended up dominating 95% of professional television broadcasting for two decades.
This is the untold story of the VCR war and Sony’s quiet revenge.

Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
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Vintage Technology: Vacuum Tubes 1943 Training Film (The TRIODE) Signal Corps Army Air Force Radio

https://youtube.com/watch?v=acGXBJv6AT4

Vintage technology training film: 1943 Vacuum Tubes, very good quality, produced by Army Signal Corps and Air Corps, “The TRIODE and Multi-Purpose Tubes.” Narrator gives clear explanations of how the various tube components work. Run time: 13 minutes.
Uploaded by Computer History Archives Project (CHAP)

See also:
Early Vacuum Tube Computers:

The Cathode Ray Tube

Television, How it Works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntVqsysgaJs&t=34s