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National General Catalogue '81-12

This foldout National General Catalogue from December 1981 shown National's Japanese television range in the early 1980s. Click photos for full size

This is a foldout catalogue, so the left panel above is the rear cover, showing TV carts and other furniture as well as antennae, remotes, and a few other accessories. The front cover shows a nice TV on a rolling cart and a National VCR underneath.

This page is printed upside down on the top portion of the pages above as you fold the catalogue out. This page shows the "Component Alpha" range as well as some console TVs with remotes. Sizes between 11 and 26 inches are available.

The large inside foldout section. The upper area shows more console TVs including two large rear projection screens. In the middle right are two TVs with built-in videocassette recorders (the larger one actually uses a removable portable set that can be pulled out) - National had previously released a TV with a cassette recorder in Japan, and the first Betamax were built into consoles. There are several "systems" and all types of entertainment centers to fit different sets and components into, as well as some portable TVs and accessories.