Before television became wireless after all those years of connection by coaxial cable, they had, in fact, originally been wireless…believe it or not!
Broadcasts would send a signal out into the air where they were captured by antennas connected to individual TV sets to be viewed by any and all.… Read the rest
What a difference three and one-half decades makes! This is an article I wrote for what turned out to be the last issue of Video Action Magazine (July 1981), which (in a total retrospective lack of surprise considering the principles behind this endeavor) died with a whimper, not a bang (more about Video Action can be found here).… Read the rest
Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away…well, in Chicago about thirty-five years ago, I was associate editor and staff writer on Video Action Magazine, one of the earliest home video magazines to hit the newsstands, a tale I related in an earlier post.… Read the rest
Continue reading about Obscurities: Video Action Magazine-Videodisc Wars!
From (cover dates) December 1980 to July 1981, I was associate editor and staff writer on Video Action Magazine. VA was, to my recall, one of the earliest home video magazines on the stands. It was published out of Chicago, where I was residing at the time, by Irv Karchmar, one of those interestingly shady characters who lurk on the fringes of publishing; I have vague memories that he had his fingers (if you’ll pardon the expression) in porn publishing, and vivid memories of money for operating expenses and paychecks often being in very short supply.… Read the rest
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