25th Mar 2016, 1:03 am | #101 |
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Re: The Most Beautiful TV Set
this is my favourite, a 1964 Phonola (an Italian Philips subsidiary)
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26th Mar 2016, 12:53 am | #102 |
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Re: The Most Beautiful TV Set
My fave, looks wise... B&O 20AX series ... sorry I can't remember the model number.
The picture was taken a while back and the set looks a lot better in the flesh
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Re: The Most Beautiful TV Set
So many beautiful sets over the years, it's difficult to choose. I love the look of things such as these –
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1st Aug 2016, 11:15 am | #105 |
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Re: The Most Beautiful TV Set
Without a doubt the pre-war Pye 817 or 819. Small, symmetrical, nice layout; well balanced on the eye, beautiful veneering, chuckle-worthy tiny screen, art deco 'odeon' styling, cute, dinky, just lovely. I owned an 817 many years ago. Here's pics of the two from Steve Ostler's Radiocraft web page page (hope you don't mind Steve?):
http://www.radiocraft.co.uk/radiolympia/pye/4.gif http://www.radiocraft.co.uk/radiolympia/pye/11.gif The post war EKCO TS188 table model was equally neat and 'dinky' in appearance, albeit with much less elaborate veneering - see photo. As an aside I like the way that art deco design features carried on in lots of things into the 50s, as you can see from the screen surround on the EKCO.
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