Soviet tv's bought in U.S.A. and Australia

[Kiwick]

Russian and east European sets were quite popular in Italy: here's what we have here

Unitra B/W and color sets from Poland, from the mid 70s to the early 80s

Geloso branded "EI" sets (B/W portables and color) from Yugoslavia

VideoPocket 5" B/W portables from USSR, sold from the mid 70s to the mid 90s, actually a wonderful little piece of engineering.

Telecolor 80s sets from Romania.

Tesla B/W sets from Czechoslowakia in the 60s and early 70s.

Also many Italian set makers used russian KEA-IT capacitors in the Early-mid 80s, these were fairly reliable, much better than the Daewoo or Nichicon capacitors they used in the late 80s

[Telecolor 3007]

Originally Posted by Kiwick

Russian and east European sets were quite popular in Italy: here's what we have here

Unitra B/W and color sets from Poland, from the mid 70s to the early 80s

Geloso branded "EI" sets (B/W portables and color) from Yugoslavia

VideoPocket 5" B/W portables from USSR, sold from the mid 70s to the mid 90s, actually a wonderful little piece of engineering.

Telecolor 80s sets from Romania.

Tesla B/W sets from Czechoslowakia in the 60s and early 70s.

Also many Italian set makers used russian KEA-IT capacitors in the Early-mid 80s, these were fairly reliable, much better than the Daewoo or Nichicon capacitors they used in the late 80s

Didn't know that Telecolors where also exported! What modell they where how good they where?
And "Tesla"? Is true the components where crowded and those sets weren't to good?

[Kiwick]

Originally Posted by Telecolor 3007

Didn't know that Telecolors where also exported! What modell they where how good they where?
And "Tesla"? Is true the components where crowded and those sets weren't to good?

I had the Telecolor about 10 years ago, i don't remember the exact model, it was beyond repair due to a lightning strike and a local repairman gave it to me so that i could have fun at dismantling it (which i did, sadly), the CRT was a 22" 90 degree Videocolor if memory serves.

I've seen a couple of Tesla sets, one was an early 60s set, it had a flat-on bottom metal chassis with a power transformer and was quite ordinary, very similar to many slighly older Italian or American sets, the other was a smallish mid-late 60s set with a 110 degree CRT and had a vertical fold down metal (live) chassis which was a terrible mess, everything, including the tuners and the side facing speaker was mounted on the chassis!