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Old 26th Apr 2017, 11:03 pm   #10
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Default Re: My Thorn 2000 back after 34 years!

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Sadly I have nothing left to offer you apart from memories.
Memories are great but a nice new tuner unit would be better (only joking!) 1978, I was just starting secondary school and I think I'd only seen colour TV once or twice- we still had B&W until 1981! £75 was a lot of cash to spend on a second hand tv then- amazing the value things had then!
Strangely, I had a particular affinity for the 9000 series- I used to recondition ex DER rentals and sell them for £50 with 3 month guarantee when I was a student Gave great pictures with a careful set up and the heater resistor shorted out to get a bit more emission- seem to remember that those PIL tubes didn't boost very well.
Cheers Nick
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