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Sinclair FTV1 - TV80 Flat Screen TV

Producer: Sinclair - Category: Other Hardware

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Photo 1: Binarysequence, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (SinclairFTV1hand.jpg)

Pocket television, 1983, Sinclair Research. The TV80 (also known as the Flat Screen Pocket TV or FTV1) was Clive Sinclair's flat-screen television, with a specially developed flat cathode ray tube in which the electron gun is beside the screen rather than behind it, and a Fresnel lens that magnifies the 2" picture. It cost £4 million to develop and only 15,000 were sold, but its tube was a genuine technical innovation and it is now a collector's item.

Years1983 to 1985
Screen2" flat CRT, monochrome, with Fresnel magnifying lens
TunerVHF and UHF, multi-standard
Powerflat lithium battery or adapter
Dimensions140 x 90 x 30 mm
Price (1983)£79.95

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