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OMG! Anyone Remember This?
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pulsator-power
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God, I do remember this. I must be ancient now!
Jerry
Jerry
harvestgold
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G.E. show and tell
Count me in on that one i had one when i was a kid just loved it many hours of play
Count me in on that one i had one when i was a kid just loved it many hours of play
YES!
Some friends had one. I always found it to be SO cool!
(But then again their mother WAS Hyacinth B. EXACLTY!
I don't recall clearly but didn't the insertable films-strip have to be pulled up manually when a tone was heard on the record?
[And for you, the really young, records came before CD's which were becoming popular in the very early 80's).
Some friends had one. I always found it to be SO cool!
(But then again their mother WAS Hyacinth B. EXACLTY!
I don't recall clearly but didn't the insertable films-strip have to be pulled up manually when a tone was heard on the record?
[And for you, the really young, records came before CD's which were becoming popular in the very early 80's).
whirlcool
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Toggles...
We had those things you were talking about in school, about 7th or 8th grade. The teachers ordered film stripsof the program they want to show you and when the package arrived, it contained a record to go with the film strips. They needed a separate film strip viewer and record player to view and hear the programming. This General Electric has a CRT and what looks like a channel selector on it. So it appears that it could also function as an independent telly.
Now how the video is sourced to the CRT, I don't know.
We had those things you were talking about in school, about 7th or 8th grade. The teachers ordered film stripsof the program they want to show you and when the package arrived, it contained a record to go with the film strips. They needed a separate film strip viewer and record player to view and hear the programming. This General Electric has a CRT and what looks like a channel selector on it. So it appears that it could also function as an independent telly.
Now how the video is sourced to the CRT, I don't know.
Hmmm. INTERESTING!
It appears to be a telly, but the model I recall WASN'T!
The one I remember was simply a slide viewer with a screen and a *phonograph* (record-player)
Does anyone in Applianceville know for sure? Clue us in......
It appears to be a telly, but the model I recall WASN'T!
The one I remember was simply a slide viewer with a screen and a *phonograph* (record-player)
Does anyone in Applianceville know for sure? Clue us in......
I had one. Loved it.
There was a 7" record that was played at 33 1/2 rpms and there was a film strip in a rigid plastic viewing case, probably 1.5" by 8 or 10". On one side of the strip were corrugations that fit into the gears inside the machine.
You slide the strip all the way down into a slot at the top right of the machine and start the record. Using a light, lens and reflective mirrors, the image on the film strip is projected onto the screen. Somehow, the film strip was advanced on its own by a motor. It wasn't magically prompted by the sound; either it was on its own timer or was triggered after a certain number of turntable revolutions. As the song or lesson played, the strip advanced along, slowly creeping up and out of the machine, often out of que or sequence with the record. You could watch the film strip without the record, or just use the record player by itself.
The one record/strip I remember is the day of the week one. "This is the day we wash the clothes, wash the clothes, wash the clothes . . . The machine washes the clothes." A cartoon of a wringer. I think this may have been an attempt at English/Spanish lessons. This was also a good one for the machine, because each verse for each day of the week took the same amount of time and it was easy to sync the strip to the record.
The B-sides to the records were usually good too, having some piece of classical music. This is were I first heard "The Hall of the Mountain King". My sisters did a play to this creepy song, about two little girls with sick hearts, who went to play in a grave yard, until the zombies came out of the ground and they had heart attacks, died and were dragged down into the graves.
There was a 7" record that was played at 33 1/2 rpms and there was a film strip in a rigid plastic viewing case, probably 1.5" by 8 or 10". On one side of the strip were corrugations that fit into the gears inside the machine.
You slide the strip all the way down into a slot at the top right of the machine and start the record. Using a light, lens and reflective mirrors, the image on the film strip is projected onto the screen. Somehow, the film strip was advanced on its own by a motor. It wasn't magically prompted by the sound; either it was on its own timer or was triggered after a certain number of turntable revolutions. As the song or lesson played, the strip advanced along, slowly creeping up and out of the machine, often out of que or sequence with the record. You could watch the film strip without the record, or just use the record player by itself.
The one record/strip I remember is the day of the week one. "This is the day we wash the clothes, wash the clothes, wash the clothes . . . The machine washes the clothes." A cartoon of a wringer. I think this may have been an attempt at English/Spanish lessons. This was also a good one for the machine, because each verse for each day of the week took the same amount of time and it was easy to sync the strip to the record.
The B-sides to the records were usually good too, having some piece of classical music. This is were I first heard "The Hall of the Mountain King". My sisters did a play to this creepy song, about two little girls with sick hearts, who went to play in a grave yard, until the zombies came out of the ground and they had heart attacks, died and were dragged down into the graves.
veg-o-matic
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I still have one! Not the model with the radio, though.
Best "Picturesound" program? Gotta be Hamlet. Shakespeare's immortal tragedy squashed down to seven minutes!
veg
Best "Picturesound" program? Gotta be Hamlet. Shakespeare's immortal tragedy squashed down to seven minutes!
veg
cleanfresh
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Launderess, I had one of those!!!
My dad got me one for Christmas in the mid 60's. I thought it was the coolest thing! Was totally fascinated by it. One of the viewer cards was Moby Dick. I still remember that. What a memory flashback. And, I just saw the new Clorox bleach commercial for the first time the other day.
My dad got me one for Christmas in the mid 60's. I thought it was the coolest thing! Was totally fascinated by it. One of the viewer cards was Moby Dick. I still remember that. What a memory flashback. And, I just saw the new Clorox bleach commercial for the first time the other day.
jasonl
New member
Hamlet on the show'n'tell
(Put the filmstrip in, put the needle on)
To be.....
(6 minutes and 50 seconds go by)
Or not to be.... That is the question.
Done.
(Put the filmstrip in, put the needle on)
To be.....
(6 minutes and 50 seconds go by)
Or not to be.... That is the question.
Done.
jasonl
New member
Hamlet on a Close'n'play
To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be............. (repeats until the battery dies).
To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be...To be............. (repeats until the battery dies).
