Rediffusion 25" Dual Std CTV advert
Fernseh and I were looking through a copy of The Gateshead Post he has, dated 14th February 1969. No TV guide unfortunately but some fascinating articles and of course ads in the good old days where Gateshead was still addressed as being in County Durham, and proud to be so.
One advert which especially stood out was for Rediffusion. The wired distribution system was commonplace at the time in some parts. My auntie in the Walker area of Newcastle had it, the dual std B&W set eventually being replaced by a colour hybrid model, the Mk1 chassis I believe it was which lasted until circ 1980 when the system finally closed down.
The advert here introduced a 25" colour model with the familiar twin switches to change between 405 and 625-lines and trademark red pilot light! To us it looks typically Rediffusion, but to the best of my knowledge I don't know of an "In house" produced dual std CTV from this firm.
Could've been made elsewhere of course for the Rediffusion company. Anyone out there have any ideas and/or have memories of this model?
Cheers,
Brian
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