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Old 16th Oct 2012, 5:26 am   #36
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Default Re: Earliest BBC2 Sets?

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Originally Posted by ajs_derby View Post
Some time ago (possibly around the time of the 405-line shutdown) I remember a radio programme where someone was talking of "BBC2-only" TV sets, and asking if anybody still had one? Duuuh, no! because of course eventually, BBC1 and ITV1 went 625-line and moved onto the UHF band; so even a single-standard UHF set would eventually be able to receive all three channels (four from 2 November 1982, of course).
I imagine though that very few that single-standard (625-line) receivers were offered before the start of BBC1 and ITV UHF broadcasts in 1969, and even then perhaps there were not many for a few years. The B&O 3000 (colour) comes to mind as one that I think was sold in the UK when BBC2 was the only program it could receive, although I am not 100% sure.

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