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
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
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! π»β¨
#sarnoff#rca#vintageelectronics#tcnj
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!
#sarnoff#rca#vintageelectronics
@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
πΊ 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
@MrBeamJockey@bhgross144 thank you both...but now we need clarification as to whether there are any backwaters of #DeadMedia history that AREN'T crazy...
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
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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