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22nd Dec 2014, 8:33 pm | #1 |
Pentode
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Portslade ,Brighton ,East Sussex
Posts: 154
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Smart Thorn 9000 chassis tv project
I have thanks to the kindness of a forum member a few old Thorn tv's.
I have an original 1975 Ferguson branded Thorn nixie tube display 9000 tv. It has its IF/decoder board missing ,so I am embarking on an ambitious project to include a digital front end . I would also like to incorporate Wifi ,HDMI and SD card reader. The first four channels of the six buttons will access BBC1,2 ITV and Channel 4 etc. Then button 5 will access the digital menu direct ,all with nixie tube indication. Button 6 will access HDMI ,SD and Wifi and will be toggled through modes. I will keep you updated if you are interested,I will be making a custom pcb to fit in the original chassis frame,with direct tube drive and sync etc. Gill |
31st Dec 2014, 6:52 pm | #2 |
Retired Dormant Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Leicester, UK.
Posts: 809
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Re: Smart Thorn 9000 chassis tv project
I look forward to seeing this, it's the perfect conversion for a set like this especially as it's already missing its original decoder.
I always prefer to use the set's own controls, never liked the idea of having a separate box for each TV & VCR along with the clutter of remote controls this entails. It just seems right to have the set directly access the various services, as it was intended to. Brian |
31st Dec 2014, 9:01 pm | #3 |
Heptode
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Manchester, UK.
Posts: 862
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Re: Smart Thorn 9000 chassis tv project
That'll probably end up as the world's best equipped CRT telly! With my own level of experience it sounds like a mammoth task but well worthwhile. Please do let us know how you get on with this, I'm interested to see what is possible although I imagine I'd probably spend as much time gazing at the beautiful Nixie tubes as at the screen!
Regards, Paul
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31st Dec 2014, 10:05 pm | #4 |
Heptode
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Kinver, Staffordshire, UK.
Posts: 634
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Re: Smart Thorn 9000 chassis tv project
Gill you really are going to a lot of trouble but this would be some thing to see if you manage to pull it off , best of luck .
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