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2026 CHRS TV Day
May 23 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
📺 Calling All TV Enthusiasts! 🎥
Mark your calendars for May 23, 2026Â 10:00 AM and join us for a day of fascinating presentations, vintage television history, and great company!
As usual, this will be a morning and afternoon event, including lunch.
This event is free of charge (except a small donation for lunch) and open to anyone interested (you don’t have to be a CHRS member). In recent years, we’ve had a few visitors who have traveled some distance from Southern California and Nevada to join us. We welcome visitors from anywhere!
This is shaping up to be a fantastic gathering—don’t miss it!
10:00 AM – Welcome and News
10:15 AM – Introductions
10:45 AM – Demo of Brian Cass’s prewar Andrea 1F5 TV receiver
11:00 AM – Presentation:Â Development and Early Days of the Laser-Optical Videodisc (Chris Musselman)
11:45 AM – Presentation:Â The Kuba Komet (1957):Â The Ultimate Flamboyant Cabinet and a Nice Example of German TV Circuitry (Tom Albrecht)
12:30 PM – Lunch
1:15 PM – Presentation:Â Highlights of a Lifetime TV Collection (Richard Dean)
2:00 PM – Presentation:Â The Challenges of TV Camera Collecting (Kevin Hempson)
2:45 PM – Presentation:Â Single Tube Color TV Cameras (John Staples)
3:30 PM – END
Please RSVP so we can plan for lunch, room for enough chairs, etc.