Jim Rees
Sony Watchman FD-10A
I wanted to get one last photo of this in operation before the FCC shuts it down next year. It has no external antenna input, and even if it did, hauling around a converter box defeats the whole purpose of the Watchman.
I bought this on Canal Street in NYC over 20 years ago. At the time it was a marvel of miniaturization. It has an actual CRT, The electron beam hits the front surface of the phosphor rather than usual rear. The screen is angled and slightly curved to correct for the odd geometry. The set runs on 4 AA cells and gets pretty good battery life considering. It has a "sound only" mode that turns off the CRT for extra battery life.
Some time in the early 1990s Sony replaced this model with one that had an LCD screen.
Sony Watchman FD-10A
I wanted to get one last photo of this in operation before the FCC shuts it down next year. It has no external antenna input, and even if it did, hauling around a converter box defeats the whole purpose of the Watchman.
I bought this on Canal Street in NYC over 20 years ago. At the time it was a marvel of miniaturization. It has an actual CRT, The electron beam hits the front surface of the phosphor rather than usual rear. The screen is angled and slightly curved to correct for the odd geometry. The set runs on 4 AA cells and gets pretty good battery life considering. It has a "sound only" mode that turns off the CRT for extra battery life.
Some time in the early 1990s Sony replaced this model with one that had an LCD screen.