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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...-for-5000.html
That TV looks awesome!!!! I wonder who bought it,they didnt update the article...... Which could mean it wasnt sold yet... |
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It sold at auction for $27,000+ (at the conversion rate of the time). MZTV in Toronto was the buyer.
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I believe it is also the first production model all-electronic television in the world. I think it was wiser for America to wait a few years more to work-out standards in the industry. Glad MZTV got it. They have an amazing collection.
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Wow thanx for the update on who got it!
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What a fool! He could've got a brand new color set for less than that.
(This is the type of reaction I got when I saved our family's 1950 TV--"Why are you keeping it-- it's only black and white.")
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Honestly the cabinet alone would've made it worth saving, it's gorgeous.
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5000 Pounds! As Marty McFly would say, that's heavy.
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That article is chock full of inaccuracies. The set appears to be a Marconi 702, which was not one of the original dual-standard sets of 1936. The article gives the impression that there was a ten year gap in British TV service due to the Crystal Palace fire, which is a bizarre and absurd retelling of history. "Logie Baird and Marconi had separate companies but used the same people to make the sets, but Marconi became the most popular maker." Um, what? The auctioneer also claimed the TV set was a result of British radar technology from WW2. Hop in your DeLorean and figure that one out....
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David, the 702 was one of the original '36 sets. There is at least one example out there with the Baird/EMI switch. Look at Radiomuseum.org or the ETF...
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My quick search was too quick apparently: The set in the ETF collection is listed on the site as a 1937 model. I'm about ten years outside of the period when I was poring over things like this constantly; guess I need a refresher.
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The Marconiphone 702 and it's HMV equivalent, the 901, were some of the first sets available in 1936. My own 702 was declared to be the oldest working TV in the UK back in 2009: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8159406.stm
Which of the surviving 702/901 sets is actually the oldest would be difficult to prove. My friend Peter Scott has compiled a list of serial number of the sets and chassis from this model. The results are inconclusive. After WW2 EMI offered owners of their sets a free refurbishment to ready them for the restart of the service in 1946. During this any surviving 240 line switches and components were removed. Also as far as we can tell the various chassis were refurbished outside the sets and not necessarily replaced in their original cabinets. I remember the set that was sold at Bonhams in 2011. I was asked to look at it before the sale and it was indeed a fine example. From memory it sold for about GBP16000, a new record for one of these sets. A very fine example is owned by Russell Atkinson and was immaculately restored by Mike Barker. This set has particulalrly good CRT too. It can be seen here: http://videokarma.org/attachment.php...6&d=1478860194 |
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It's really stunning in person.
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The Telefunken sets are older, all electronics.
http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/telefunken_fe_iii.html http://www.earlytelevision.org/telefunken.html https://www.google.de/search?q=telef...nfl0gjmfbbP9M: https://www.google.de/search?q=telef...5S62oHxgDqlhM: Or read this: http://heureka-stories.de/Erfindunge...nze-Geschichte On the second page are errors, pictues with wrong discription : -Argus Capitol -Philips ATX TV-collector
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http://www.earlytelevision.org/rca_1932.html The year on the caption is in error. These sets were designed in 1930 and completed in July 1931. |
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