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Originally Posted by jayceebee
Philips had there own homegrown chassis, the G6 which was UK only.
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Not really, the G6 was based on the K6 which was available in various forms all over Europe where colour broadcasts were established. Here's one:
http://www.marcelstvmuseum.com/photoalbum31.html
The G8, G9 and G11 were unique UK designs, mainly because Philips had much better chassis available on the continent where expectations of performance were generally higher and buyers not so cost sensitive. They didn't make a big screen 90 degree transistor set like the G8 for the European mainland as far as I know (the K7 and K8 were still hybrids), but here is a K9, which was of the same generation as the G9:
http://www.marcelstvmuseum.com/photoalbum20.html
And here's the K11, which pre-dates the G11 but uses the same 20AX tube:
http://www.marcelstvmuseum.com/photoalbum37.html
Of course the K12 was available here, with its monocarrier chassis like the later ones had. It still used the 20AX tube of course.
http://www.marcelstvmuseum.com/photoalbum89.html
Here's a treat we missed out on here, the KT1 portable (the first colour portable from Philips):
http://www.marcelstvmuseum.com/photoalbum39.html
We had a few KT2s here and endless KT3s, but I'd really love to see one of these.