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Old 05-21-2009, 09:36 PM
WISCOJIM WISCOJIM is offline
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Originally Posted by Dave A View Post
In the US, it is the Philco Safari from 1959 or so using a 2" CRT. It had a battery pack with a built in charger or full AC operation with a selector switch. If you find one they usually work. The batteries are long dead.
Was the OP giving us a trick question? "Fully transistorized" would imply no tubes, therefore any TV with a CRT would not qualify.

Besides the 2EP4 CRT being a "tube", there are also a pair of 5642 HV rectifier "tubes" in the Safari. www.wiwitubes.com/pic/tube/Jan5642.jpg

I believe the Sony 8-301 gets a bit closer to being fully transistorized, having the CRT as the only tube in it.
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