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Heatercathodeshort · 20th Sep 2019, 9:33 pm

Hello Jeremy,
Nice job! These Pye chassis were very reliable but the Polaroid screen never caught on. I wonder if this was the reason it was launched under the PAM name like the 710 transistor radio and the first printed circuit TV the PAM 500. Pye had got their fingers burned with the V14 and didn't want another upset with a new product release but that is another story.
Has your screen been removed or possibly faded? I seem to remember it was difficult to see the CRT when switched off. These were true Polaroid screens and you had to check the colour difference with a 'shilling' if you removed it for cleaning and didn't make a note of which way round it was fitted. Very few of these survived. Regards, John.

20th Sep 2019, 9:33 pm	#6
Heatercathodeshort Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Warnham, West Sussex. 10 miles south of DORKING. Posts: 9,147	Re: Pamphonic Pam 600 17" 1959 TV - my first TV restoration Hello Jeremy, Nice job! These Pye chassis were very reliable but the Polaroid screen never caught on. I wonder if this was the reason it was launched under the PAM name like the 710 transistor radio and the first printed circuit TV the PAM 500. Pye had got their fingers burned with the V14 and didn't want another upset with a new product release but that is another story. Has your screen been removed or possibly faded? I seem to remember it was difficult to see the CRT when switched off. These were true Polaroid screens and you had to check the colour difference with a 'shilling' if you removed it for cleaning and didn't make a note of which way round it was fitted. Very few of these survived. Regards, John.