1957 Television Gets New Life With Digital Converter
This is a great story –
Richard Howard, a furniture restorer has converted a 1957 black & white TV, complete with its vintage containment cabinet to receive digital signals.
The relic hasn’t worked since the 1980s but Howard used one of the U.S digital-to-analog converters to restore the 17″ TV. The set can also use a modern DVD player.
“We supposedly live in a hi-tech age but most modern electronic equipment you buy needs replacing after a couple of years and yet this (television) has seen half a century and still sounds and looks great…. I think it is important to respect the past otherwise people will forget it,” said Howard. “If it weren’t for eccentrics like me nothing would be preserved.”
Read the complete story in the U.K.’s DailyMail
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