VWestlife | The first TV sound bar: 1980 TeleSound with TeleStereo @vwestlife | Uploaded November 2023 | Updated October 2024, 3 days ago.
The first TV sound bar was made over 30 years before most people heard of such a thing. Too bad most of them languished in a musty warehouse for decades before being sold as surplus, because it actually works well and sounds great.
You can download a scanned copy of the TeleSound's manual here:
amstereo.org/files/telesound_manual.pdf
Time flow:
0:00 Introduction
1:16 Overview
2:12 Stereo video history
3:21 Simulated stereo
3:59 Sealed cabinet
4:29 Comparison test
6:26 Direct audio hookup
7:19 Stereo speaker test
8:20 What happened?
9:42 Conclusio
#VintageTV #soundbar #RetroTech
The first TV sound bar was made over 30 years before most people heard of such a thing. Too bad most of them languished in a musty warehouse for decades before being sold as surplus, because it actually works well and sounds great.
You can download a scanned copy of the TeleSound's manual here:
amstereo.org/files/telesound_manual.pdf
Time flow:
0:00 Introduction
1:16 Overview
2:12 Stereo video history
3:21 Simulated stereo
3:59 Sealed cabinet
4:29 Comparison test
6:26 Direct audio hookup
7:19 Stereo speaker test
8:20 What happened?
9:42 Conclusio
#VintageTV #soundbar #RetroTech
