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RARE Find  Vidphone Picture Phone Telephone Luma First consumer Video Phone
RARE Find  Vidphone Picture Phone Telephone Luma First consumer Video Phone
RARE Find  Vidphone Picture Phone Telephone Luma First consumer Video Phone

RARE Find  Vidphone Picture Phone Telephone Luma First consumer Video Phone

$ 2.64

Availability: 28 in stock
  • Condition: Used
  • Brand: Mitsubishi
  • Model: luma lu500-01

    Description

    In Japan the Lumaphone was developed and marketed by Mitsubishi in 1985. The project was originally started by the Ataritel division of the Atari Video Game Company in 1983 under the direction of Atari's Steve Bristow.[62] Atari then sold its division to Mitsubishi Electric in 1984. The Lumaphone was marketed by Mitsubishi Electric of America in 1986 as the Luma LU-1000, costing US,500, [63] designed with a small black and white video display, approximately 4 centimeters' (1.6 in) in size, and a video camera adjacent to the display which could be blocked with a sliding door for privacy. Although promoted as a "videophone", it operated similar to Bell Labs' early experimental image transfer phone of 1956, transmitting still images every 3–5 seconds over analog POTS lines. It could also be hooked up to a printer or connected to a regular TV or monitor for improved teleconferencing.[64][65]
    Mitsubishi also marketed its lower-cost VisiTel LU-500 image phone in 1988 costing about US0, aimed at the consumer market. It came with reduced capabilities but had with a larger black and white display.