Post with 1120 views. Auction id: 293164988180 Bid Ends on : Ended Vintage Jerrold Starcom 2 Converter Box JRX-2 CATV Cable Converter NOS 80’s H4. This fantastic and luxury Vintage Early 80s Rolex Box Set 5512 5513 1680 1675 16760A 1665 1655 6263 6265 is for sale, you can buy with confidence from a trusted seller.Rolex auctions and prices in USA. Cable Box Early 1980s Vintage - Jerrold Electronics JSX-3 - CATV Cable Converter: $22. This is what I did for my parent's 30 year old TV. Data by SNL Kagan shows that as of 2006 about 58.4% of all American homes subscribe to basic cable television services. We are making some updates and reconfigurations to our server. Sort by. Around 1977 or so the box had only Showtime, HBO was not available for a few years. This fantastic and luxury Vintage Early 80s Rolex Box Set 5512 5513 1680 1675 16760A 1665 1655 6263 6265 is for sale, you can buy with confidence from a trusted seller.Rolex auctions and prices in USA. Nostalgia is often triggered by something reminding you of a happier time. You just need a UHF/VHF antenna to F-connector (Radio Shack). Sneakers are new Wish I had the box Never been laced up Believe these are from the early 80s. RELATED: The 90 Best Gadgets of the '90s ON TV was an American subscription television (STV) service that operated in eight markets between 1977 and 1985. 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. 99. GT Pro Series. The signals were broadcast beginning in August 1977 on … Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks division of ViacomCBS. Auction id: 303267950629 Bid Ends on : Ended 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 … $34.99 $ 34. We had a similar box in the 70s, Cablevision was the provider. 3.6 out of 5 stars 761. The Larry Boggs Award is presented to the person whose leadership and foresight place the cable industry in the vanguard of new communications technology. Discussion in 'Visual Arts' started by PaulKTF, Oct 14, 2018. In the early 80s, we had an electronic light-up game in the basement. Press J to jump to the feed. 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. In the 90s we got the Jerrold box that is in this article. Early in its history, the brand name was “Diamond Back” and over time this changed to “DiamondBack” and then to “Diamondback.” 6. [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. This was my cable box in the early to mid 80s in NJ 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. (You must log in or sign up to reply here. That was your first cable box? ), Forum Policies, Rules, and Terms of Service. See more ’80s Nostalgia GT was a hugely popular company founded in 1979 by Gary Turner and Richard Long. $90.00. ViewTV ATSC Digital Converter Box for TV, HDMI Cable Recording PVR Function Output USB LED Timer Display AT-300. I looooved this one. ... Technology changed everything in the '80s. Auction id: 293196957594 Bid Ends on : Ended $17.00 + shipping . FREE Shipping by Amazon. Being an '80s baby rocked. You can get channels 1-70 without a cable box. 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. 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. So grab your Pogs, Surge cans and Thriller cassettes, and we'll see you in /r/nostalgia! )This is from the early 1980s, possibly dated 8-25-83 (see sticker on back). This fantastic and luxury Vintage Early 80s Rolex Box Set 5512 5513 1680 1675 16760A 1665 1655 6263 6265 is for sale, you can buy with confidence from a trusted seller.Rolex auctions and prices in USA. Later we would get the brown Jerrold box with the individual buttons on it, with a switch to switch between bands of channels. All those ads for Cal Worthington (and his dog Spot), In N Out, Carpeteria, and all the amazing amusement parks … But you could erase the PROM by shorting its pins to ground. 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. Anyone remember these cable boxes from the 1980's? Mine had a dial on it with no display. 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). What’s great about this kind of wood is that it can read traditional or glam, depending on what you pair it with. Whether it's an old commercial or a book from your past, it belongs in /r/nostalgia. We had one very similar to this when I was a kid in the late-70s early-80s. Lincoln Cablevision (Metrovision) in Nebraska in the 80s and early 90s. 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 television first became available in the United States in 1948. 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. Here we can take pleasure in reminiscing about the good ol' days... times we shared with loved ones, both humorous and sad. The control (blue dials) on the left selected from the three bands and the right control was for fine tuning. $15.00 + shipping . 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.) Discover (and save!) Channel 37 was the highest channel, it was USA network. You only need a cable box to get digital cable and movie channels. Early, (80's), cable box. ... the Disney studio wasn't having good times and almost bankrupted after The Black Cauldron bombed at the box office. The reference store for Rolex collectors in USA, only genuine auctions and certified Rolex. - The Video Music Channel (early '80s): One of the few pre-MTV video music channels and seen on selected cable TV systems as well. 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 early common carrier microwave services and was eventually bought by RKO General, which became CableCom-General. 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