Exhibitions
Interactive exhibition of working Tesla TV sets
In July 2013, at the occasion of 60-year anniversary of the beginning
of the first TV broadcasting, the exhibition of several working TV sets
was open. These TV sets present interesting milestones in history of the
production of this consumer electronic. The TV sets were borrowed from a
private collection and for the occasion of the exhibition they were
restored and revived again in workshops of Martin Hajek
(www.oldradio.cz) and Historical Czechoslovakian Radio-club
(www.hrcs.cz). The exhibition will last till cancelled.
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| TV set Tesla 4001A is the very first of the
TV-set series, which was launched for sale in 1953 and
serial produced in Tesla Strasnice. It is a directly amplifying TV receiver
made for the 1st channel according to the CZ TV Standard with
inter-carrier audio processing and with the power supply of AC 120-220 50Hz. |
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TV set Tesla 4211U „Lotos“ is the first CZ TV set
with PCB and with the screen deflection angle of 110°. The device has
a connector for the cable remote control on its rear side, this remote
control makes regulation of volume as well as picture brightness and contrast
possible, it also enables switching the device off was. It was launched for sale in 1961. |
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Tesla C446 „Color“ is one of the last products
of this receiver series. The device is designed for colour TV
broadcast receiving in SECAM IIIb and PAL with the soundtrack in CCIRT and OIRT.
It is also equipped with EURO AV (SCART) socket for connection of the audio-visual
devices. The remote control is naturally included. It was launched for selling in
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In May 2015, we managed to extend the exhibition with two portable TV
sets which represent a sample of possible receiving TV signals at the
cottages or campsites without a need of a firmly mounted receiving
antenna. There is also another addition: a VCR, which began a long and
popular era of recording images and sound on magnetic tapes in VHS
format.
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Black and white portable TV
Tesla 4156AB (Minitesla)
Five-band portable television with a screen of 31 cm diagonally.
4 presets, power supply from AC 220V or 12V car battery.
Receiver’s distinctive design did not gain many supporters in
its times. It first appeared on the market in 1975. |
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Color portable receiver Tesla
4333 (Oravan Color)
Colour TV set with automatic switching of PAL / SECAM IIIb and
with audio standard CCIR and CCIR. The screen is 42 cm
diagonally, there are 8 mechanical presets. 220V power supply.
Launched in 1989.
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VCR Tesla - Avex VM 6570 HQ
VHS VCR system manufactured under license by Philips has 4
engines, front cassette loading, remote control. An analog
antenna tuner is included, also the antenna input and output
connection EURO AV (SCART) and UHF modulator. Launched in 1987,
its price was 15 810 CZK. |
The exhibition of development and radio receivers design
On 26th July 2015 the exhibition of radio receivers was opened. The
receivers document their development from the very beginning in the
1920s to the devices that were used in our homes in the 1980s and 1990s
and which, thanks to its quality of have survived until today. This
exhibition also shows the design development of radio boxes and the
usage of various kinds of materials from wood, over Bakelite and other
plastics to paper, metal and leather element boxes and receiver’s
wrapping. The exhibition is going to last until further notice.
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