UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum - View Single Post - Early Colour TV's. Were they produced in the UK?

jayceebee · 12th Mar 2019, 8:44 pm

Not quite sure exactly what you're looking for but most UK TV manufacturers had sets available for the start of colour in the UK, although I think ITT were a little late to market. You can also add Decca and Radio & Allied (GEC/Sobell) to the list.

Philips had there own homegrown chassis, the G6 which was UK only. Makes such as Grundig and Tandberg only began to appear in the boom years when home manufacturers couldn't keep up with demand. Tandberg definitely had a UK production base located at Haddington in Scotland but I don't know about Grundig.

As Restoration73 says continental designs of the time bound for the UK would have dropped the VHF tuner and realigned the IF strip for PAL-I. Any modifications needed would have been fairly simple not forgetting the mains voltage difference also.

John.

12th Mar 2019, 8:44 pm	#4
jayceebee Heptode Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Durham, County Durham, UK. Posts: 640	Re: Early Colour Tvs were they produced in the UK Not quite sure exactly what you're looking for but most UK TV manufacturers had sets available for the start of colour in the UK, although I think ITT were a little late to market. You can also add Decca and Radio & Allied (GEC/Sobell) to the list. Philips had there own homegrown chassis, the G6 which was UK only. Makes such as Grundig and Tandberg only began to appear in the boom years when home manufacturers couldn't keep up with demand. Tandberg definitely had a UK production base located at Haddington in Scotland but I don't know about Grundig. As Restoration73 says continental designs of the time bound for the UK would have dropped the VHF tuner and realigned the IF strip for PAL-I. Any modifications needed would have been fairly simple not forgetting the mains voltage difference also. John.