Before the remote control, (Our deepest gratitude to Mr. Adler) we had to actually get up off the couch to change TV channels.  Here you need only click to reach some of our favorite sites.  Our links will take you to similar institutions, collections, resources and "friends".  

And, the day may be near when a small voice asks, 
     "Gramps, whut's a chyannul?"  

Please let us know if you have a site for our list.  


The United States
The Broadcast Archive       Barry Mishkind, Lytle Hoover
http://www.oldradio.com/
http://www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/TV/vmuseum.htm
http://www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/TV/RCA-TV.htm
They're not kidding - deep site - lots to see here


Texas Broadcast Museum
http://www.txmbc.org
Great DuMont Telecruiser OB Van restoration in progress here


Pharis Video                Chuck Pharis
http://www.pharis-video.com
An amazing hardware collector in the LA area
Home of the original Indian Head Test Pattern


Early Television Museum     Steve McEvoy
http://www.earlytelevision.org
Comprehensive receiver collection spanning TV's entire history
The museum features a working mechanical TV studio & receivers.


TVhistory.tv                Tom Genova
http://www.tvhistory.tv
Lots of info and depth here, very well organized


Early Editing Museum
http://www.sssm.com/editing/museum/index.html
Lots of early videotape & editing systems information


The Farnsworth Chronicles
http://www.farnovision.com/
A rich repository of all relating to Philo Farnsworth


RCAs Early Work 1930s       Steve Restelli
http://framemaster.tripod.com/oldindex.html
A historic photo collection of Zworykin's early TV activities


Canada
MZTV Museum                 Moses Zaimer
http://www.mztv.com
Beautifully executed site rich with TV history


The United Kingdom
The Birth of TV project
http://www.birth-of-tv.org/birth/home.do;jsessionid=12A14375E08202BADA4C2F3FE2935B32
BBC Tour
http://www.birth-of-tv.org/birth/assetView.do?asset=BIRTHOFTELEV19001___1097149431176
A 7 minute film tour in 1956 of the BBC London studios at Alexandra


BBC broadcasting House      Roger Beckwith
http://www.roger.beckwith.btinternet.co.uk/bh/menu.htm
Well documented archives of the early Beeb's radio equipment


World's 1st TV Recordings   Don McLean
http://www.tvdawn.com/
Brilliant restorations of Baird's early work


Thomas Bergtram    SW-UK
http://acat.se/
Some interesting test card examples here


The VT Oldboys
http://www.vtoldboys.com/
Earliest BBC videotape information - well done


Museum of the Broadcast TV Camera   Brian Summers
http://www.tvcameramuseum.org/index.html
Well organized, nice camera examples

Golden Age TV - Equipment Restorations
http://www.golden-agetv.co.uk/
Many unique pieces here available for rental

Alan Pemberton
http://www.pembers.freeserve.co.uk/index.html
http://www.pembers.freeserve.co.uk/Test-Cards/index.html#Birth
http://www.pembers.freeserve.co.uk/Test-Cards/Test-Card-Technical.html#SMPTE
Detailed technical info on Standards, Test Cards and much more


MHP from Transdiffusion
http://www.meldrum.co.uk/mhp/index.asp
Marvelous site for TV Ident Visuals, Graphics, Test Cards


European Betamax
http://uk.geocities.com/betaphile/BetaLoreII.html
Need information on European Betamax format?


The famous PALSITE
http://www.palsite.com/
Lots of PAL and related tape formats information


Ampex/Nagra VPR-5 site      Gino Mancini   
http://www.mancini99.freeserve.co.uk/
More than just tape systems - nicely done narrative


Mike Bennet
http://www.oldtechnology.net/
Lots of consumer TV images - Good smiles


Total Rewind
http://www.totalrewind.org/
Consumer VCR formats galore - informative - nice sitemap page


France
Bruno Merlier
[mailto:bruno-merlier@sgc.fr]
http://www.passions-incongrues.com
Bilingual French-English site 
Lots of Quad & other VTR photos and info


Bruno Piffret
http://monsite.wanadoo.fr/radio_piffret/index.jhtml
Many fine examples of radio (TSF) receivers


Vintage Radio - French/English/Russian/Esperanto
http://dspt.club.fr/index.htm
Very early radio information TSF - fun illustrations


The birth of television
http://television.441lignes.free.fr/preambule.htm 
Great reconstruction of 1928-1936 180 line mechanical TV studio
http://perso.orange.fr/roger.dupouy/ 
Honoring French Pioneers Rene Bartholemy et Gustave Ferrie

Vectracom - Last operational QUADs 
http://www.vectracom.fr/index.html
Pro site for video program restoration services


Belgium
Claude Vander Cammen
http://www.picsound.be/
Bilingual French-English site 
Old VTR formats - Program transfer & restoration services


The Netherlands
Matijn Belle
http://www.videoinfo.nl/
Some English info as well
Old VTR formats - Program transfer & restoration services


Frank Tytgatt 
http://users.pandora.be/frank.ttt/
Rich assortment of all manner of consumer devices
Phono-radio-recorders-Film-TV-video


Marcel Grinsven's TV Museum
http://www.marcelstvmuseum.com/
TV sets, TV sets, and did I mention - TV sets?
Also VCRs Cameras - Deep site - pack a lunch


Roland Remie's PHILIPS VTRs
http://members.lycos.co.uk/philipsverzameling/photoalbum8.html
As his sitename states - All things Philips from 1891 to 1991


Germany
Frank Mardersteig RUN Video
http://www.runvideo.mardersteig.de/index.htm
Broadcast tape systems and cameras


Professional Camera Museum
http://www.fernsehmuseum.info/
Many details and pictures of German TV history