Pict-O-Vision Still

The television that remembers.

The Still was built for the mantel, the nightstand, the corner of a writing desk — anywhere a photograph deserves more than a frame. Upload your library over Wi-Fi and the Still quietly cycles through your memories, one softly-lit picture at a time. No apps to install, no notifications, no scroll. Just the slow, deliberate rhythm of a television from a quieter century. Every unit is designed, printed, wired, and assembled by one person — me — in small batches.

Photo courtesy of the Early Television Museum

Loosely modeled after the Electromatic 101.

The original Electromatic 101 was a postwar tabletop television with a swooping wooden cabinet, a bright gold bezel, and the warm, round face of an early CRT. Its silhouette looked more like a piece of furniture than a machine — something you parked on a mantel and admired even when it was off.

The Still borrows that same spirit: the rounded hood, the framed screen, the sense that a display should feel like an object in the room. I built it small enough to hold in one hand, but the proportions still tip their hat to sets like this.