2015 Early Television Convention
Thanks for attending. We had almost 130 attendees this year, another record. Auction sales exceeded $100,000, and donations to the museum exceeded $7,000, both records. Video of the event will be online soon.
Thanks to the following for making this year's convention possible:
Auction: Darryl Hock, Chuck Azzalina, Steve Dichter |
MC and Auctioneer: Don Saltzman |
Video coverage and live internet streaming: Dave Sica and Steve Dichter |
Set up mechanical color sets: Cliff Benham |
Set up electronic color sets: Pete Deksnis |
Ed Reitan tribute: Dave Arland, Dave Sica |
Organizing video equipment and setting up cameras: Chuck Pharis |
Data entry: Laura Horrocks |
The moving company: Tim polinak, Rodney Harrison, Al Hagovsky |
Video at presentations: Darryl Hock |
Collecting Donations: John Estep |
Refreshments: Maryellen Bielski, Cliff Benham, Craig Roberts |
Presentations: James Cozart, Brian Belanger, Cliff BEnham, Richard Brewster and Dave Sica, Ed Milbourn, Mike Molnar |
Restoration Workshop: Dave May |
Displays: Mike Molnar, Cliff Benham, Chuck Pharis, Glen Sobola, Dave Sica, John Yurkon |
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And anyone who helped that I forgot to mention here |
Presentations
Clips from live television 1947-48 |
James Cozart |
Television in the 20s |
Brian Belanger |
The RCA Colorama Flying Spot Scanner |
Cliff Benham |
Zworykin's first two RCA Lab Notebooks |
Richard Brewster (presented by Dave Sica) |
A Brief History of Video Disc and The RCA CED System |
Ed Milbourn |
RCA's Presentations Giving Updates on the Progress of Color TV |
Mike Molnar |
Restoration Workshops
Basic Color TV Setup |
Dave May |
On Display
New at the Museum This Year
Schedule
Events in gray were at the museum and those in green at the Makoy Center
Friday, May 1
6:00 pm –
9:00 pm |
Meet other collectors at the museum. Beer, wine, soft drinks. Demonstration of sets in the Museum's collection |
Saturday, May 2
7:30 am –
8:30 am |
Swap
Meet setup |
8:30 am –
11:00 am |
Registration and Swap Meet |
8:30 am - 5:30 pm |
Silent Auction |
9:00 am - 11:45 am |
Live
Auction |
12:00 noon – 12:30
pm |
Buffet Lunch |
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm |
Presentations |
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm |
Break |
3:00 pm – 5:30 pm |
Presentations |
5:30
pm – 7:30 pm |
Browse the
museum’s collection, talk to fellow collectors |
About 6:00 pm |
Silent Auction closes |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Dinner |
Sunday, May 3
9:00
am – 2:00 pm |
Browse the
museum’s collection, talk to fellow collectors. Demonstration of
sets in the Museum’s collection. |
10:00
am – 10:30 am |
Meeting - CRT rebuilding at the museum |
10:30 am - 11:00 am |
Early Television Foundation annual meeting |
11:00
am – 12:00 pm |
Restoration Workshop: Basic Color TV Setup |
2:30 pm |
“The Farnsworth Invention” by Aaron Sorkin by the Gallery Players |
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