 Ken
Bollinger founded TV Specialists, Inc. (Sitting in for
a Television commercial) |
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- Began as Television and Radio service and repair organization
(1953)
- 1st in Utah to become an authorized Video Tape Recorder
service/repair center (1966)
- 1st in Utah to become an authorized seller of Panasonic
Video products (1968)
- 1st in Utah to show a home video projector in the 1970s.
Kloss Novabeam
- TV Specialists created the first home video recording
system to record two hours instead of one. Based on a
modified 3/4' u-matic VCR
- 1st in Utah to display home video recorders (VCRs)
- Created "The Wizard": The first single product
digital effects system that provided two channel A-B roll
effects with its own built-in mixing switcher and time
base correlator (1985)
- Created "Lumachrome": The 1st modified professional
video recorder to record Y/C signal without changing formats
while maintaining VHS compatibility (1987)
- !st and only Authorized Sony Cine Alta 24p Digital
Cinema dealer in Utah
- Constructed one of the country's 1st High-Definition
television showrooms (1989)
- 1st and largest TV projection dealer in Utah, and one
of the largest in the United States
- 1st in Utah to receive and record an over-the-air transmission
test of high-definition TV (February 1999).
- TV Specialists supplied the 2002 Winter Olympic games
with Panasonic A/V Equipment
- TV Specialists installed the new display (largescreen)
at the Jon M. Hunstman Center at the University of Utah
(2002)
- 1st in Utah to show a 24 frames-per-second camcorder
(Salt Lake City Film Festival, 2002)
- The only authorized dealer of JVC, Sony, and Panasonic
Professional Products in Utah
- Has been family owned and operated since 1953.
Additional archive photos here.
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 TV
Specialists, Inc. in 1977. Our second building located
on 180 East 2100 South, SLC, UT, after its addition
of the second floor. |
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