The Sarnoff Collection

The Sarnoff Collection, documenting and exploring major innovations in communication and electronics in the 20th century, is open:

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@NanoRaptor ...none of the #urbandictionary or #reddit or other stuff even mentions the (pardon/embrace our nerdiness...) Arrakis link.

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Friday April 14 4-6pm.

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Sat Sep 17 = Smithsonian MUSEUM DAY! Join us at the Sarnoff! Stop by the Art Gallery too! #MuseumDay @MuseumDay

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NBC (with, RCA, Sarnoff Labs' corporate parent) battled for months to be the first to broadcast Queen Elizabeth II's 1953 coronation in the US: the network won by a mere 13 minutes!

https://t.co/rMGBdbzuB5

#parasocial #QueenElizabethII

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Meet our summer student workers, Melanie and Stenneth! Check out the interview they did with one another on our blog to get to know them a bit more! https://t.co/GtES50XphC

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@NCRadioTVMuseum #CED #Videodisc...the format that was the next best thing...until it wasn't! https://t.co/HzaSHatGSP

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This is Aeriola Sr. Receiver Radio (1922) - the first radio using a vacuum tube that RCA marketed to the public. It sold for $75, but that did not include the cost of the tube, antenna, or batteries. Check it out at the Sarnoff! 📻✨

#sarnoff #rca #vintageelectronics #tcnj

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@TechConnectify @_holger whaddya mean? it only took us/them around 5 years to establish a color tv standard.

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@MrBeamJockey @bhgross144 and I'm so sorry for crediting the esteemed Mr. Waters for a MUCH earlier invention.

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This videodisc plaque was awarded to RCA VP Dr. Brandinger after the launch of the project (1984). This 1942 version of the videodisc format could only store 10 minutes of video/audio content. It was the first color video recorded on a disc!

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@MrBeamJockey @bhgross144 ...on #KarlMarx's birthday we might say that media history is doomed to repeat itself: the first time as tragedy and the second time as a John Waters Smellovision farce. #ironicdistance

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📺 Check out our new blogpost about our current Vinyl Videos exhibit! We hope everyone enjoyed the lively zoom discussion and our current exhibition! https://t.co/HzaSHatGSP

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@MrBeamJockey @bhgross144 ...or any of us who paddle those backwaters who aren't at least a little cray cray...

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@MrBeamJockey @bhgross144 thank you both...but now we need clarification as to whether there are any backwaters of #DeadMedia history that AREN'T crazy...

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The RCA Videodisc system – along with the story of its creation, introduction, and impact on the RCA corporation – embodies the curious strength and fragility of corporate innovation.
#tcnj #selectavision #videodisc #sarnoffcollection #crt #museumcollection

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Save the date for APRIL 24! The Sarnoff Collection will be presenting, "Vinyl Videos: The Rise and Fall of the RCA Videodisc". All are welcome! It will be followed by a live/Zoom conversation among Videodisc project leaders, scholars, and historians of science & technology. #RCA

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Some closeup of the Victor Electrola-Radiola RE75 (1929) here at the Sarnoff Collection!
#vinatgeelectronics #sarnoffcollection #tcnj #oldtechnology #rca

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We have some nostalgic cartoons in our RCA Videodisc collection such as this "Disney Cartoon Parade: Volume 2" videodisc! Some other titles we have are Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry! #videodisc #sarnoffcollection #tcnj #oldtechnology #vintageelectronics #rca

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RCA's Selectron was a 256-bit electronic memory tube, and the world's first dynamic random-access memory tube. It retailed for $8,000 and RCA wasn't able to make it commercially viable before the advent of magnetic core memory.

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