ValuTech Television
| ValuTech Television | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Communications |
| Weight | 10 |
| Uses | about 111 |
| Type | Television |
| Portable | No |
| Channels | 0.2 to 1000 MHz |
| Volume Range | 12 tiles |
| Research | Make Makeshift Radio |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.TvBlack
|
The ValuTech Television is a mid-range television set that stands in houses and stores as furniture. It receives broadcasts and plays VHS tapes. It needs power from the grid or a generator to work.
Watching tapes eases boredom. Some tapes also give skill experience. Its main strength is a wide tuning band. Its main costs are its weight and its need for electricity. At 10 weight it is a heavy thing to move.
Televisions stand in many homes and in some stores. The Electrician is the best occupation for communications. It starts with the most Electrical skill. The Engineer also starts with some Electrical skill.
Using
The television sits on the floor or a surface and is used where it stands. It plays VHS tapes, including the home and retail tapes found in houses and stores. It also tunes channels across a wide band, from 0.2 to 1000 MHz. Its sound carries about twelve tiles.
Next to the other televisions, the ValuTech set sits in the middle. The Antique Television plays more quietly, at about ten tiles, and cannot play tapes at all. The Premium Technologies Television plays louder, at about fifteen tiles. All three tune the same wide band.
The Research Craft option on the television teaches Make Makeshift Radio.
Upkeep
The television runs only while it has power. Once the grid fails, a generator is the only way to keep it on. An unwanted set can be taken apart with a screwdriver through Dismantle Electronic Device. That gives Scrap Electronics and a little Electrical experience.
Research
The Research Craft option in the inventory menu studies the ValuTech Television and teaches the recipes below.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make Makeshift Radio | Makeshift Radio | 
|
/additem Base.RadioMakeShift
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the ValuTech Television as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dismantle Electronic Device | Scrap Electronics | 
|
- | Electrical: 0 | /additem Base.ElectronicsScrap
|
Locations
Crates in garage storage are the best place to look. They hold one far more often than anywhere else. Attic boxes and crates, halls and department stores turn one up now and then. Electronics stores hold one less often. Many televisions also stand in homes as placed furniture.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Garage storage | Crate | 40% |
| Attic | Cardboard box | 10% |
| Attic | Crate | 10% |
| Hall | Other | 10% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Department storage | Other | 10% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Department store | Other | 10% |
| Electronics store | Other | 5% |
Notes
- A generator keeps the television running after the power goes out.
- VHS tapes give it a real use beyond the broadcasts.
- The set is heavy, so moving one to a base takes planning.
- Research Craft on it teaches Make Makeshift Radio.
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