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FERNSEH · 1st Aug 2019, 10:58 am

Hi John,
That certainly looks a lot better but the reason for siting the extra push-button control panel on left side of the screen was because the cabinet was slimmer than the earlier ST8617. The Philips 1768 and Stella ST8617 had deep cabinets so it was possible to fit the large tuner and controls assembly on the cabinet side well away from the CRT bulb. In 1959 the big sales theme was the new "slimline models" and obviously Philips wanted to be on the act so came up with the ST1007. But there was no space for the side mounted tuner so the quick fix was to make the cabinet wider to accommodate the tuner unit.

DFWB.

1st Aug 2019, 10:58 am	#9
FERNSEH Dekatron Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK. Posts: 7,444	Re: Stella ST1007U Hi John, That certainly looks a lot better but the reason for siting the extra push-button control panel on left side of the screen was because the cabinet was slimmer than the earlier ST8617. The Philips 1768 and Stella ST8617 had deep cabinets so it was possible to fit the large tuner and controls assembly on the cabinet side well away from the CRT bulb. In 1959 the big sales theme was the new "slimline models" and obviously Philips wanted to be on the act so came up with the ST1007. But there was no space for the side mounted tuner so the quick fix was to make the cabinet wider to accommodate the tuner unit. DFWB.