Dead camcorders

[photozz]

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

[Tom Gralewicz]

Are you looking for the tiny CRT tubes?

Most of the ones in the last 10 years have been LCDs.

I can look around at work and see what we have.

Tom

On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 4:07 PM, photozz <pho...@gmail.com> wrote:

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

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

[David Buggs]

I've got a FLIP that I'll leave at the space the next time I get there.  Although I don't know when that will be.

Buggs

[the_digital_dentist]

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.

[Brent Bublitz]

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

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[Brent Bublitz]

David, thx, but a flip is no good.

[Tom Gralewicz]

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.

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[Brent Bublitz]

Those round CRT tubes with the right feed would make perfect expressive eyes for a robot sculpture.

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[Brent Bublitz]

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

[Tom Gralewicz]

I think I have one of the viewfinders, its off a JVC Camcorder.

Who wants to play with it?

I'll bring it to the meeting tonight.

Tom

[Brent Bublitz]

Yaay! Yes!

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[Tom Gralewicz]

The viewfinder is sitting on the desk I use, if it doesn't disappear before the move it will go in the recycle box.

[Brent Bublitz]

I was going to grab it, but it looked like you were taking it apart to poke at it. I didn't want to grab it until you were done, then w left and I forgot about it. I'll snag it tonight.

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[Tom Gralewicz]

I grabbed 2 more viewfinders today, they'll be on the desk I use at Chase.  The magnifying lens from the last one is still there as well.

Tom

[Brent Bublitz]

sweet.. thanks!

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