UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum - View Single Post - Just out of interest, a pre war set I once owned

beery · 12th Aug 2019, 2:22 pm

Hi Steve,
this is an interesting thread,
yes it is an HMV 903 and I think the only one in existence. It is listed in Steve McVoy's database with no name given for the owner.
http://www.earlytelevision.org/prewar_database.html

A Marconi version of this set (Marconi 704) recently changed hands and can be seen working here:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVQutdYBsgM

David - I think your post is entirely relevant. Given the short broadcast times of pre-war television, the owner of an HMV 903 would surely have been upset to find that only a few months later their set had been superseded by the HMV 907 which had a smaller cabinet for the same screen size, included a radio and was quite a bit cheaper.

Cheers
Andy

12th Aug 2019, 2:22 pm	#8
beery Heptode Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ware, Hertfordshire, UK. Posts: 988	Re: Just out of interest, a pre war set I once owned Hi Steve, this is an interesting thread, yes it is an HMV 903 and I think the only one in existence. It is listed in Steve McVoy's database with no name given for the owner. http://www.earlytelevision.org/prewar_database.html A Marconi version of this set (Marconi 704) recently changed hands and can be seen working here:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVQutdYBsgM David - I think your post is entirely relevant. Given the short broadcast times of pre-war television, the owner of an HMV 903 would surely have been upset to find that only a few months later their set had been superseded by the HMV 907 which had a smaller cabinet for the same screen size, included a radio and was quite a bit cheaper. Cheers Andy __________________ www.youtube.com/user/andyvalve100