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Philips210 · 7th Dec 2017, 1:43 pm

Thanks for the great pics Brian (Focus Diode). My parents owned the similar model, Philips G25K500 and that set displayed an outstanding picture but sadly succumbed to the EHT overwind problem. Unfortunately we parted with that set in 1980, wish now that we held onto it.
The G6 is certainly not the easiest of sets to service but that colour reproduction is something special. Some say that colour difference drive had a bearing on this but then most of the early colour TVs had this type of drive rather than RGB drive. The G6 was fairly unique in having a hybrid colour decoder as opposed to the normal fully transistorised arrangement.
Happy memories of the G6.

Regards
Symon.

7th Dec 2017, 1:43 pm	#36
Philips210 Nonode Join Date: May 2007 Location: Redruth, Cornwall, UK. Posts: 2,579	Re: Fifty Years of Colour Television in the UK Thanks for the great pics Brian (Focus Diode). My parents owned the similar model, Philips G25K500 and that set displayed an outstanding picture but sadly succumbed to the EHT overwind problem. Unfortunately we parted with that set in 1980, wish now that we held onto it. The G6 is certainly not the easiest of sets to service but that colour reproduction is something special. Some say that colour difference drive had a bearing on this but then most of the early colour TVs had this type of drive rather than RGB drive. The G6 was fairly unique in having a hybrid colour decoder as opposed to the normal fully transistorised arrangement. Happy memories of the G6. Regards Symon.