Ken Bollinger began by running service calls out of his home in 1953. His wife would act as secretary taking phone calls and filling out paperwork. About three months later Ken rented a building near 300 East and 2100 South. At this time his wife retired and he hired his sister-in-law to work as secretary. As business grew more technicians were hired on to assist. After several years at this location he obtained property and financial backing to build a store at 170 East 2100 South. TV Specialists later expanded upon this building and it currently extends to 2nd East.

In the mid-1960's Panasonic approached TV Specialists, Inc and requested that they begin selling Panasonic equipment. Other manufacturers followed suit and TV Specialists, Inc became a fully-functional sale/repair shop of audio and video equipment.

In the 1970's TV Specialists, Inc began offering rentals. The rental department has grown in recent years and now offers rentals of not only projectors but camcorders, light kits, cranes, tripods, monitors, batteries, and more.

In more recent years, TV Specialists, Inc has offered custom integration solutions, including custom home theater and conference room automation, digital signage and other audio/video solutions.

• 1st in Utah to become an authorized Video Tape Recorder service/repair center (1966)
• 1st in Utah to become an authorized seller of Panasonic Video products (1968)
• 1st in Utah to show a home video projector in the 1970s. Kloss Novabeam
• TV Specialists created the first home video recording system to record two hours instead of one. Based on a modified 3/4' u-matic VCR
• 1st in Utah to display home video recorders (VCRs)
• Created "The Wizard": The first single product digital effects system that provided two channel A-B roll effects with its own built-in mixing switcher and time base correlator (1985)
• Created "Lumachrome": The 1st modified professional video recorder to record Y/C signal without changing formats while maintaining VHS compatibility (1987)
• 1st and only Authorized Sony Cine Alta 24p Digital Cinema dealer in Utah
• Constructed one of the country's 1st High-Definition television showrooms (1989)
• 1st and largest TV projection dealer in Utah, and one of the largest in the United States
• 1st in Utah to receive and record an over-the-air transmission test of high-definition TV (February 1999).
• TV Specialists supplied the 2002 Winter Olympic games with Panasonic A/V Equipment
• TV Specialists installed the new display (largescreen) at the Jon M. Hunstman Center at the University of Utah (2002)
• 1st in Utah to show a 24 frames-per-second camcorder (Salt Lake City Film Festival, 2002)
• The only authorized dealer of JVC, Sony, and Panasonic Professional Products in Utah
• Has been family owned and operated since 1953.
  
  
  
  
  Additional archive photos here.