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pje · 09-09-11, 06:48 PM

Sure it might not be a 52 inch 3D HD flatscreen, but this humble set from 1946 is still going strong after having a digi-box installed for the digital switchover.

Who need's the red button.

G77 · 09-09-11, 07:39 PM

occasionally i get jobs in these little cubical/cabinet things up on the hills which have this kit in them. there's a telly like that and this really really old amp and racking and stuff. sometimes an ocilloscope which looks like its out of the arc.

i never turned the telly on like, looked way to complicated. it had knobs!

nibblitz · 09-09-11, 08:02 PM

Is there meant to be a picture or link or summat ?

Edit: Think I found it ...

http://newslite.tv/2011/09/09/65year...rks-after.html

cupid stunt · 09-09-11, 11:49 PM

That is pure quality !

C.S.

TheCoder · 11-09-11, 02:02 AM

Wouldn't a 1946 set of needed a substantial rebuild when the change to UHF frequencies and 625 lines occurred back in 1985 ?

nibblitz · 11-09-11, 02:19 AM

It'll certainly need some tweaking for the 3D channels

BL4K3Y · 11-09-11, 02:35 AM

I'm amazed to see something like this, I mean i've heard of things surviving over the years and what not but i've never seen a television from that era in perfect working order

!

cupid stunt · 11-09-11, 09:49 PM

I thought UHF started in 1964 ?

TheCoder · 11-09-11, 10:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cupid stunt

I thought UHF started in 1964 ?

It probably did but the VHF/405 line system didn't end until 1985. Dual standard TV's were very common in the 1970's

mikie8 · 12-09-11, 02:27 PM

it only mention about the original tube so i would suspect that is about the only thing original left apart from the case .

"and now it can pick up QVC" ... because that is the most important thing about tv's .

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mikie8 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 122 Thanks: 3 Thanked 30 Times in 28 Posts	Re: 65-year-old TV still works after digital switchover it only mention about the original tube so i would suspect that is about the only thing original left apart from the case . "and now it can pick up QVC" ... because that is the most important thing about tv's .

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