Ken Bollinger founded TV Specialists, Inc. sitting in
for a Television commercial. |
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- 1st in Utah to become an authorized
Panasonic service/repair center.
- 1st in Utah to become an authorized
seller of Panasonic products.
- 1st in Utah to show a home
video projector in the 1970s.
- 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" in 1985: 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.
- Created "Lumachrome"
in 1987: The 1st modified professional video recorder
to record Y/C signal without changing formats while maintaining
VHS compatibility.
- Constructed one of the country's
1st
High-Definition television showrooms in 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 in the summer of 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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