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Re: [Link Posting] [OT - but interesting] - The must-have accessory for the 1980s: 2-inch screen in-dash TV!

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In comp.misc, Rich  <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
> <URL:https://autoweek.com/article/wait-theres-more/must-have-accessory-well-equipped-1980s-driver-2-screen-dash-tv>
> The text below is a quotation from the URL above:
> >  Back when the members of the Spec Land Yacht Brain Trust were discussing
> >  our planned race series over fermented beverages, the topic of
> >  conversation veered into what we regarded as the Holy Grail of
> >  pointless-yet-awe-inspiring 1980s car accessories: the in-dash cassette
> >  deck with built-in black-and-white television. Are there any left? we
> >  wondered. Well, it turns out that you can still find the occasional
> >  example for sale.

(Page is from 2014.)

Two interesting things from the ad shown that doesn't get mention in the
text: "TV picture tube disarms when ignition switch is turned to 'on'",
so you're not going to watch as you drive as the article implies. And
"VCR jack lets you record and playback TV programs on any video tape
recorder". That would be even more of a Holy Grail in a car...

Probably the real market was RVs that people actually lived out of;
those are the vehicles most likely to have had an inverter to power that
VCR back in the 1980s.

Interesting tech though. I'm guessing it used the same mini tubes that
early video tape home movie cameras had in their eye pieces.

Elijah
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those are pretty cute little tubes

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[Link Posting] [OT - but interesting] - The must-have accessory for the 1980s: 2-inch screen in-dash TV! Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-05-03 16:58 +0000
  Re: [Link Posting] [OT - but interesting] - The must-have accessory for the 1980s: 2-inch screen in-dash TV! Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-05-03 17:59 +0000

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