1950s PYE, Canadian or Import?

[NewVista]

Spotted in Canada, not sure if they were sold there?

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by NewVista

Spotted in Canada, not sure if they were sold there?

Looks like a Canadian built set. The earlier British sets had strange styling quirks. There was a few British firms that set up plants in Canada, such as Marconi.

[NewVista]

And its vert knob is labelled "Vertical Hold" instead of "Frame Hold"(Brit)

[Mr Hoover]

I've placed a link to this thread and the picture (non members can't see it)
on a UK TV forum here.

http://vintagetvandradio.myfreeforum...p=29842#p29842

Pye did have a factory in Australia I think,never heard about one in Canada.

Hugh

[NewVista]

Philips also tried their luck in Canada in the 50s

Philips didn't try US until 80's buying US brands
Result: Financial Armageddon

[Mr Hoover]

Pye got taken over by Philips in the mid-late 1970's having joined up with Ekco around 1964.

As a manufacturer Pye went right back to the very early days of radio
in the 1920's.

Have you got any more pictures of that TV? The inside view might give a clue as to its origin,looks mid-late 1950's to me and by that time their styling for UK models had settled down to a more conventional look.

Hugh

[NewVista]

Didn't realize it had Nth American tuner/channels
Don't have any more pictures. You can transfer a higher res
of my thumbnail by clicking/expanding it first before saving.
Wish I would've picked it up
Set now too far away from me but available in Mississauga, O.
PM me for seller contact info.

[cbenham]

Originally Posted by NewVista

Philips also tried their luck in Canada in the 50s

Philips didn't try US until 80's buying US brands
Result: Financial Armageddon

Wasn't Norelco the name Philips used for their US consumer products? I have two Norelco projection TVs from 1950-52 that have the name Philips inside on several items.

[NewVista]

Originally Posted by cbenham

I have two Norelco projection TVs from 1950-52 .

I saw one of these on ebay , did you get that one?