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07-19-2024, 12:04 AM
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Max and min screen sizes for early 80s TV's
For a while I have been working on story that takes place in the early 80s, 82 to be exact and in this story/book I'm trying to keep things as accurate as possible for the time poried. So what max and min screen sizes for projection and direct view sets. I'm going to have the character buy a RCA XL 100 19" nob tuned set and would $359 be realistic or is it to high for the time.
For anyone that is interested the story takes place in the 80s and is about an evil doctor ho wants to create the ultimate soldier but ends up crateing human mutant fox who will ultimately stop the evil doctor in his tracks. The story still has a long way to go hopefully I get it finished. 
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07-24-2024, 08:47 PM
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That sounds like a cool story.
For direct view 26" seemed to be the standard for floor model sets back then. Later in the 90's we got into 32" or more in plastic cabinets. I don't miss moving those back breakers. Smallest I would guess would be the Sony watchman at around 2" which came out around that time.
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07-31-2024, 04:39 PM
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Panasonic made their "Travelvision" handheld sets in the early 1980s, with about a 1.25-inch screen. They even had a color version at one point.
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08-03-2024, 10:57 AM
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Technically, 1" was the smallest TV - a Panasonic TravelVision portable. LCDs were only in watches and calculators still. 25" sets were the biggest consoles. 27" sets came along a couple years later, then Mitsubishi made a splash with its 35" tube in 1985. Rear-projection sets topped out around 45 or 50 inches.
Although a doctor in 1982 might have shelled out $10 grand for a limited-edition 30" Sony.
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