JVC Videosphere television

Television, JVC VideoSphere model 3240, plastic / rubber / metal / electronic components, designed and made by Victor Company of Japan Ltd (JVC), Yokohama, Japan, c. 1970. Black and white television receiver mounted on a platform. The videosphere has a spherical orange plastic casing with the tube, electronics and product name badge contained within. Controls for channel tuning, contrast, brightness, vertical and horizontal hold and volume are mounted at the top of the unit in a small recess. There is also a chain that the unit can be hung from, an antenna and entry for an earplug. The power cord comes out of the back of the unit. The whole sphere sits in an orange cradle mounting that is a squat, square shape and the sphere can be secured to this or released from it.