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FERNSEH · 13th Oct 2021, 11:00 am

Hi John,
excellent results. Can't remember the exact year the 20" G8 was introduced, was it 1975 or '76?
Philips made a good job making this compact receiver taking advantage of the combined signals and decoder board which was introduced 1974? designed to replace the separate P C boards employed in the earlier G8 models.
Despite the set's compactness reliability was better than the large screen version.
Along with the 20" Pye 725, the 20" G8 continued to be available from wholesalers in 1978.

DFWB.

13th Oct 2021, 11:00 am	#2
FERNSEH Dekatron Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK. Posts: 7,444	Re: Philips 20" G8 colour receiver 1977. Hi John, excellent results. Can't remember the exact year the 20" G8 was introduced, was it 1975 or '76? Philips made a good job making this compact receiver taking advantage of the combined signals and decoder board which was introduced 1974? designed to replace the separate P C boards employed in the earlier G8 models. Despite the set's compactness reliability was better than the large screen version. Along with the 20" Pye 725, the 20" G8 continued to be available from wholesalers in 1978. DFWB.