save hide report. Featuring Clio Goldsmith, the darling of early '80s Euro-Erotica, this provocative collection offers a sublime sampling of classic '80s late-nite erotic cable. This is the cable box we had in Iowa in the 80's: Ugh, a drag - and an experience I'm guessing many of us are familiar with. Thanks reddit for your help finding a real picture of the remote control of my youth. NEW Vintage 80s Adidas Canvas Sneaker Shoe Size 15 No Box. MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. We had a similar box in the 70s, Cablevision was the provider. It was a black piece of plastic that had translucent images that you could only see when the lights behind each lit up. The Wometco Home Theater (WHT) was an early pay television service in the New York City area, that was owned by Miami-based Wometco Enterprises, which owned several major network affiliates in mid-sized media markets and its flagship WTVJ in Miami (then a CBS affiliate on channel 4, now an NBC owned-and-operated station on channel 6). ViewTV ATSC Digital Converter Box for TV, HDMI Cable Recording PVR Function Output USB LED Timer Display AT-163. During the early 1980s with the rise of cable television, erotic cinema experienced a shift from grindhouses and occasional arty imports like Emmanuelle to late night premium channel showings, most notoriously with Cinemax's "Friday After Dark" line-up. Cable Box Early 1980s Vintage - Jerrold Electronics JSX-3 - CATV Cable Converter: $22. See more ’80s Nostalgia. (You must log in or sign up to reply here. Prior to launch, the network was first tested on December 1, 1977, as Sight on Sound.. You really don't need a cable box. The control (blue dials) on the left selected from the three bands and the right control was for fine tuning. Data by SNL Kagan shows that as of 2006 about 58.4% of all American homes subscribe to basic cable television services. Here we can take pleasure in reminiscing about the good ol' days... times we shared with loved ones, both humorous and sad. I looooved this one. And it was one of a few major market over the air UHF TV stations that ran all music videos (others were in Boston and New York.) This is what I did for my parent's 30 year old TV. So we welcome you to join us in a trip down memory lane, as we take a look back at The 80 Best Gadgets of the '80s. The Larry Boggs Award is presented to the person whose leadership and foresight place the cable industry in the vanguard of new communications technology. Press J to jump to the feed. Then, you can take a coax cable from the wall to the F-connector. (This was the first type of cable box I ever saw, anyway. In the 90s we got the Jerrold box that is in this article. We had one very similar to this when I was a kid in the late-70s early-80s. Free shipping . Being an '80s baby rocked. All those ads for Cal Worthington (and his dog Spot), In N Out, Carpeteria, and all the amazing amusement parks … In El Paso we got to see all the indie Los Angeles stations on our cable system. Discover (and save!) And just keep doing it until you got all the channels. It was a plastic "box" that hung on the wall, about 18"W x 12" H x 8"D. It had a wire that connected to a plastic gun. Originally established by National Subscription Television, a joint venture of Oak Industries and Chartwell Communications, ON TV was part of a new breed of STV operations that broadcast premium programming—including movies, sporting events and concerts—over an … This is an sale for an old Cable TV box - probably one of the first types to be used. Auction id: 303267950629 Bid Ends on : Ended ... Technology changed everything in the '80s. See more ’80s Nostalgia GT was a hugely popular company founded in 1979 by Gary Turner and Richard Long. You just need a UHF/VHF antenna to F-connector (Radio Shack). Whether it's an old commercial or a book from your past, it belongs in /r/nostalgia. ON TV was an American subscription television (STV) service that operated in eight markets between 1977 and 1985. The VMC, like WTBS and CNN was based in Atlanta (but unrelated.) In the early 80s, we had an electronic light-up game in the basement. 1 comment. Get it as soon as Tue, Jan 12. $17.00 + shipping . Channel 37 was the highest channel, it was USA network. )This is from the early 1980s, possibly dated 8-25-83 (see sticker on back). Put input cable in box then output cable to TV set to channel 3 push red button and HBO is engaged. Nostalgia is often triggered by something reminding you of a happier time. Sneakers are new Wish I had the box Never been laced up Believe these are from the early 80s. you could hold down multiple channels/buttons and get premium channels we didn't subscribe to like the Playboy Channel. The signals were broadcast beginning in August 1977 on … This was my cable box in the early to mid 80s in NJ Burl wood is everywhere again, and I can’t get enough of this eye-catching design material that first made waves in the late 1970s and early ’80s. Cable was a near-necessity for TV viewing in that market as at the time there was only one in-market TV station and it was over 25 miles west of town, so it was difficult to get a clear picture indoors. RELATED: The 90 Best Gadgets of the '90s You only need a cable box to get digital cable and movie channels. This thread is archived. That was your first cable box? I remember you could hold down multiple channels/buttons and get premium channels we didn't subscribe to like the Playboy Channel. $15.00 + shipping . Early in its history, the brand name was “Diamond Back” and over time this changed to “DiamondBack” and then to “Diamondback.” 6. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Yes, my great-grandmother on my dad's side and my grandparents on my mom's side had one with switches - I remember one for each channel, but it could have been like this one. May 7, 2017 - This Pin was discovered by Whitetrashfamilia. In 1973-74 with HBO the box was a brownish thing with a black button and red button on top. Having to use a box to get cable during the analog era must've been short-lived, I can remember at the tail end of the 80s we just hooked the cable up to the VCR to get channels beyond 13. The 1984 Cable Act established a more favorable regulatory framework for the industry, stimulating investment in cable plant and programming on an unprecedented level.Deregulation provided by the 1984 Act had a strong positive effect on the rapid growth of cable services. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. In the mid-80s we got the Zenith box with the digital readout. As it gained an anchor of popularity, MTV created entire movements almost single-handedly, launching hair metal in the mid to late '80s as a form highly dependent on visual excess. [needs update] Most cable viewers in the U.S. reside in the suburbs and tend to be middle class; cable television is less common in low income, urban, and rural areas. Anyone remember these cable boxes from the 1980's? Around 1977 or so the box had only Showtime, HBO was not available for a few years. GT Pro Series. $34.99 $ 34. Cable brought us MTV and the triumph of the image. Early, (80's), cable box. Later we would get the brown Jerrold box with the individual buttons on it, with a switch to switch between bands of channels. So grab your Pogs, Surge cans and Thriller cassettes, and we'll see you in /r/nostalgia! 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Feb 26, 2014 - Buy and sell electronics, cars, fashion apparel, collectibles, sporting goods, digital cameras, baby items, coupons, and everything else on eBay, the world's online marketplace Thing about that Jerrold cable box was that there was a PROM chip on the bottom that the cable company could program so that it would scramble the premium channels you weren't paying for. But you could erase the PROM by shorting its pins to ground. The "screen" wasn't a TV screen. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Old Vintage Cable Wired Remote Control Box. What’s great about this kind of wood is that it can read traditional or glam, depending on what you pair it with. You've come a long way baby. 99. FREE Shipping by Amazon. Lincoln Cablevision (Metrovision) in Nebraska in the 80s and early 90s. We are making some updates and reconfigurations to our server. 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