Technopolis - Where Technology Lives    

The Panasonic TR-001, one of the lightest televisions made, has a 1-inch screen, and on November 14, 1969, seven people watched the launch of Apollo 12 on this very television.

Panasonic "Orbitel" TR-005 - Named the "Orbitel" for its space-age look, the TR-005 is a black & white solid-state television with a 5 inch screen. 

The Ampex VR-3000 video tape recorder, one of the heaviest portable machines, weighs around 50 pounds; cameramen used to carry this machine on their backs for recording outside the studio. The tape is 2 inches wide, and one reel of tape records for 20 minutes.

We also have a 1939 Iconoscope camera.

Our pair of Ampex VPR-80 video recorders. The broadcast standard of 80s television.

Magnetic Tape

The giant reel-to-reel Quadruplex 2-inch-wide tape could capture an a hour and a half of broadcast recording; this artifact contains an actual broadcast from 1980 and weighs 19 lbs. 

Look close - there is a one-hour HDTV cassette in front of the reel.

We quite have an assortment of media to exhibit.

Broadcast Cameras

Here are several of the cameras in the collection.

The grey camera is an Ikegami HL-79E. 

It was a workhorse in the 80s.