Coin Operated Television Sets

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Coin operated television sets. Sentinel selectavision coin operated tv set. Coin operated tv set in motel in the washington dc area ca 1950. Make offer vintage sony portable tv. Make offer vintage 1979 zenith ac dc portable 9 tv television set white model l092a.

Telemeter an early pay per view system used a coin operated box attached to tv sets. Vintage sony tv 513 receiver portable black white television tv untested. I can t say i ve been all that much help but i have come up with a pair of newspaper articles from 1970 that discuss the contraptions. We re talking about the rental of tv sets.

When the right amount of money was deposited into the box a scrambled signal sent through coaxial cables was unscrambled and rendered visible. Telemeter was used on a coin to box machine connected to any television set. Coin operated body weight height scales 4 coin vortex funnel wishing well 2 college game room accessories 967 concession stand equipment and food supplies 173 darts and dart supplies 172 foosball game tables parts accessories 226 gumball bulk vending machines parts and supplies 494. 38 00 41m 44s 49 99 shipping.

The telemeter system consisted of a simple coin operated box attachable to any television set. Coin operated television chairs circa 1970 i ve had a few people e mail me asking about coin operated televisions found in airports or bus terminals in the 1970s and or 1980s. Courtesy of wayne bretl. Not coin operated but manually activated.

Vintage sony portable tv. Unlike most early pay television methods telemeter did not lease spectrum space. Courtesy of john pinckney. The basic technology for electronic television as opposed to earlier mechanical efforts was invented by philo farnsworth and vladimir zworykin around 1930 and the first sets became commercially available in the late 30 s.

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