Pixelvision 2000

[Scottie]

Oh yeah, Pixelvision. That toy camera made by Fisher Price in the 1980's is now my newest baby. Boy does the picture quality suck but that's exactly what I want. I got it on Ebay for a little under $100 (which apparently is a great deal) and it came with original tape and a few other parts. If you are unfamiliar with the technical specs of Pixelvision, I'll fill you in:

Black and White
15 fps
less than 100 lines of resolution (standard NTSC has almost 500)
A frame within a frame viewing area
pinhole lens for optimal depth of field
records both sound and image
uses audio tapes
6 AA batteries or a 12V DC converter





That's not me, but Sadie Benning, the girl most synonymous with Pixelvision. She used the camera when it first came out to document her coming into lesbianism during adolesence. When I figure out how to convert the image to a MiniDV tape or something digital, I'll post some pictures of what the camera can do. I'm so excited.

[Ash]

Scottie wrote:

 That's not me, but Sadie Benning, the girl most synonymous with
> Pixelvision.


I was gonna say that she looks like a very hung over young Jodie Foster.

As for Pixelvision....never heard of it and I grew up in the 80's.
Wonder how that slipped by me?



Post Edited (08-27-05 18:05)

[Menard]

I remember having seen a television commercial for this or something similar in the eighties. In the commercial, they had a special monitor in which you placed the cassette after taping. I think the selling point was suppose to be a unit which was about the size of a super 8 camera, but with the convenience of video tape, as video cameras at the time were large or required a separate recorder to be carried.