Jantar OT 1492 television set

Description

The purpose of the Jantar television set, manufactured in 1959-1960, was to receive television broadcasts. In terms of the electrical system, it is a mains-powered, 12-channel superheterodyne with a black-and-white CRT and diversified audio reception methods. It was developed as one in a series of devices named after precious stones (jantar = *amber*). They included the *Szmaragd* (Eng. *emerald*) and *Turkus* (Eng. *turquoise*) receivers, which only differed from the Jantar in terms of the housing and the CRT size. The Jantar is an example of an innovative approach to designing of utility objects as it’s a first in Poland tv receiver model in which, a combined housing is used, utilising plastics. It's a combination of a metal box and a polystyrene front. It was lighter and cheaper to produce than the previously used wooden housings. Warszawskie Zakłady Telewizyjne, 1960 Inv. no.: MIM1128/VI-157 Model prepared on the basis of photogrammetric measurements Licence: CC BY-NC-SA