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Brent Bublitz  
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 More options Nov 15 2012, 2:06 pm
From: Brent Bublitz <phot...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:06:49 -0600
Local: Thurs, Nov 15 2012 2:06 pm
Subject: Re: [MakerSpace] Re: Dead camcorders

Idea came from here:
http://hackaday.com/2012/11/14/demystifying-camcorder-crt-viewfinders/

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Brent Bublitz <phot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Those round CRT tubes with the right feed would make perfect expressive
> eyes for a robot sculpture.

> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Tom Gralewicz <m...@ieee.org> wrote:

>> Those are getting rather rare, I haven't seen a tube type camcorder in
>> over 2 years.  I'll keep an eye out.  How many do you need?

>> What do you need them for?

>> Tom

>> P.S. I did see a Sony Watchman with the 3" TV tube that bounced the
>> electron beam to the screen a few months ago.

>> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Brent Bublitz <phot...@gmail.com>wrote:

>>> David, thx, but a flip is no good.

>>> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Brent Bublitz <phot...@gmail.com>wrote:

>>>> I was looking for actual CRT tubes and the controller cards, not LCD's
>>>> or two line displays. I have a project in mind where I need the tiny TV
>>>> tubes form old school camcorders like these:
>>>> http://panasonic.net/history/corporate/products/img/inp1985.jpg

>>>> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 7:18 AM, the_digital_dentist <
>>>> mark.reho...@gmail.com> wrote:

>>>>> If you want LCD displays, not CRTs, there's a few boxes full of them
>>>>> on the shelf in the back corner of the library.  There are the fixed
>>>>> character type (you know, 2 lines of 16 characters, etc.) and it looked
>>>>> like some might be color video type displays.

>>>>> On Wednesday, November 14, 2012 4:07:54 PM UTC-6, photozz wrote:

>>>>>> Anyone have some dead old-school camcorders? I'm looking to scavenge
>>>>>> some of the CRT pieces from the viewfinders.

>>>>>  --

>>>  --

>> --
>> Tom Gralewicz
>> Miller Electronics Recycling
>> (414) 380-1716
>> www.deadcomputers.com

>> --


 
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