Performa
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This is an oddball project I've had waiting for a while, but the time has come! Before Covid came down, with the help of the folks over on the Flip Clock Fans Forum, I bought this vintage 1972 JVC Video Capsule, the precursor to the better known JVC Video Sphere. The pyramid-shaped Video Capsule combines two things I love- weird old clocks, and weird old TVs into one delightfully strange package.
I believe it was white or cream colored when it was new, so that's kinda scary.
From there, the whole upper half of the unit "flips" open to reveal the CRT hiding underneath. It's a simple, well-balanced mechanism that's very easy to push up and into place where it "sets" into place.
Inside is a 6" Black and White picture tube. The unit plays it's AM/FM radio when "closed" and operates the TV when "open" automatically, while the clock keeps time continuously- complete with an alarm and sleep timer, so it's a full-featured flip clock too.
When I got this one, there was no life at all when I plugged it in, so I set it aside for "someday" and that was that. Until now!
I believe it was white or cream colored when it was new, so that's kinda scary.
From there, the whole upper half of the unit "flips" open to reveal the CRT hiding underneath. It's a simple, well-balanced mechanism that's very easy to push up and into place where it "sets" into place.
Inside is a 6" Black and White picture tube. The unit plays it's AM/FM radio when "closed" and operates the TV when "open" automatically, while the clock keeps time continuously- complete with an alarm and sleep timer, so it's a full-featured flip clock too.
When I got this one, there was no life at all when I plugged it in, so I set it aside for "someday" and that was that. Until now!
