Re: Earliest BBC2 Sets?
When BBC2 started a friend of mine who was a keen constructor converted his Ecko set to UHF 625.
I cannot remember what model it was I think it had a 17" screen. I know he bought a UHF tuner and an IF strip, the line timebase seemed cope OK.
So I have seen a set on 625 lines with "spot wobble" available! I think the only programme I used to see on that set when visiting him was "That was the week that was"
For myself I bought a Bush kit and converted my parents Bush 19" TV but that was sold as "ready for 625", just fit a rotary tuner, change the IF board, reduce the value of mains dropper for the extra valves, and a few other changes. The Ecko certainly was never meant for 625.
Some Murphy sets were converted by fitting a unit underneath the set.
I agree the early UHF pictures lacked contrast. They got much better once the transistor tuner came along.
John
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