16th May 2018, 2:28 pm
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Hexode
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: London, UK.
Posts: 498
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Originally Posted by kan_turk
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Originally Posted by winston_1
Sadly that was usually the case. Problem was some areas had cabled systems with 625 at VHF (Stevenage was one), and blocks of flats were often like this as well. I had an argument with Philips over this when I wanted a set for such a situation. Didn't help though and I had to source a set from a continental manufacturer. Towards the end of the analogue era manufacturers, including Philips, started fitting all band tuners and still do to this day (except Panasonic).
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Very interesting, and very strange given that Philips were marketing standard all-band and VHF/UHF equipped sets in Ireland from the 60s onwards - what era are we talking about?
Rgds
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1980s.
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