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FERNSEH · 13th Sep 2017, 12:20 pm

TV sales were buoyant enough up to the end of 1960 but in the following year all that indecision about future line standards scared the general public off buying a new set. 1961 was a terrible year for the trade.
In those 1960 Trader books there is no mention at all about 625 lines.

DFWB.

13th Sep 2017, 12:20 pm	#4
FERNSEH Dekatron Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK. Posts: 7,444	Re: Why Did UK TV Sales Collapse in late 50s/early 60s? TV sales were buoyant enough up to the end of 1960 but in the following year all that indecision about future line standards scared the general public off buying a new set. 1961 was a terrible year for the trade. In those 1960 Trader books there is no mention at all about 625 lines. DFWB.