Peter Macann demonstrates some of the latest developments in flatscreen technology. The miniature Sony Watchman TV uses a traditional cathode ray tube, but cunningly gets around the problem of bulk by locating the cathode ray tube to the side of the screen and bending the electrons onto its tiny phosphor screen. Another technique involves the use of liquid crystal displays, which are less power hungry than cathode ray tubes. Peter demonstrates a handheld video game, and a portable oscilloscope that employ LCD technology. Finally, he demonstrates a working prototype of a wristwatch TV from Japan. Is the stuff of dreams about to become a reality? Clip taken from Tomorrow's World, originally broadcast on BBC One, 27 January, 1983. You have now entered the BBC Archive, a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate, entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the BBC Archive - https://www.youtube.com/c/BBCArchive?sub_confirmation=1 You can also dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive
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Imagine telling the presenter in 1983 that in 40 years, we’d have ultra-thin 85-inch flat screens hanging on our walls... and we'd mostly use them to watch video essays of people reviewing 1980s tech on YouTube
He was right on the money about LCD. Tomorrows World was such a fantastic programme. Accessible but it didn't treat it's audience as morons.
Back in the days when moving the TV could result in a slipped disc and a visit to the doctor.
We really must applaud these old Tomorrow's World presenters and the productions teams, as the presentations they would do, were pretty difficult and complex and usually transmitted live with no edits. Not only are there no (TV) shows that do this anymore, but if you were to ask people to do this as live now, I think they would laugh at you!
And of course now we have huge flat-screen LCD and LED TVs, but STILL nothing on to watch.
OMG I’m watching this on an iPad..what would they have made of that back then ? Bring back this show …let’s see the future again.
32” Sony trinitron was a beast of a TV, thing needed its own corner of the apartment, used to heat the lounge area..
The challenge at that time to create LCD display to create blue and green LED
Whats crazy to me is the absolute zero delay between what the BBC was broadcasting and what the TV was picking up at 2:00 Light speed radio waves, everyone.
Hanging a TV on the wall?! It’ll never take off.
Way ahead of its time ...people watching this back then probably said, " no way will we ever have a flat screen TV in our lifetime!" 😮😊
:18 The production model of the watch appeared in the 1983 James Bond film starring Roger Moore, the name of which would prevent this comment from being published.
I have one of those Watchman-style flat CRTs used in video intercoms, and it's literally what the presenter explained in the first one.
I was in elementary (primary) school in 1983. A friend's father bought a flat screen CRT television much like the one they display on this programme. My friend brought it to school one day and every kid in the class was fascinated by it. It seemed impossible to get a television into such a tiny device! How the world has changed since...
Telly was worth watching back in the 70’s and 80’s 💙☀️
The idea of a concave/curved monitor would have blown people's brains out of their head!
I like that they at least tried to hide that it's a Sony, no one will ever guess 😅
0:15 That's ironic. I was watching this clip on my Samsung's The Frame, the TV that pretends to be a picture frame.
Tomorrows world and Micro Live built my love of technology. All the presenters were great too.
And ironically CRT TVs are once again collector items and hobbyists are paying anything for a big CRT TV to play retro video games with it.