Does anyone know what TV this is? - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

ryanbrownin · 16th Jun 2015, 6:57 pm

I saw this TV on an advert the other day and wondered if anyone could tell me what TV it is?

Thanks.

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mark pirate · 17th Jun 2015, 7:04 am

It looks like a portable B&W set of Japanese/ far eastern manufacture from the late 1970's.
These were very common at the time, and will be quite difficult to identify the exact make and model.

Mark

Nicklyons2 · 17th Jun 2015, 9:38 am

I agree with Mark; the 'giveaway' being it looks as if it has two tuners (VHF & UHF) as it would have had in the US and Europe. In practice it has a blank which often says something like "IC solid state" and a single, UHF, tuner. Mostly from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, I believe most of these were just a bit before China and Korea really got going in their export drive. There was much 'badge engineering' and own brand applied to these sets; however CROWN was a popular brand around this time and it may be a good name to start with.

Welsh Anorak · 17th Jun 2015, 2:38 pm

Hi
Yes - it's likely to be a Plustron, Teleton, Crown or something of that ilk. They tended to work quite well with any faults not being too complicated.
Plustron also produced a couple of large-screen sets that looked similar in 17" and 19" versions. However rotary tuning foxed most people used to push-button tuning on their main TV and most I saw had a 'crib sheet' taped to the cabinet!

16th Jun 2015, 6:57 pm	#1
ryanbrownin Pentode Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Birmingham, West Midlands, UK. Posts: 133	Does anyone know what TV this is? I saw this TV on an advert the other day and wondered if anyone could tell me what TV it is? Thanks.

17th Jun 2015, 7:04 am	#2
mark pirate Dekatron Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Worthing, West Sussex, UK Posts: 5,185	Re: Does anyone know what TV this is? It looks like a portable B&W set of Japanese/ far eastern manufacture from the late 1970's. These were very common at the time, and will be quite difficult to identify the exact make and model. Mark

17th Jun 2015, 9:38 am	#3
Nicklyons2 Octode Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 1,517	Re: Does anyone know what TV this is? I agree with Mark; the 'giveaway' being it looks as if it has two tuners (VHF & UHF) as it would have had in the US and Europe. In practice it has a blank which often says something like "IC solid state" and a single, UHF, tuner. Mostly from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, I believe most of these were just a bit before China and Korea really got going in their export drive. There was much 'badge engineering' and own brand applied to these sets; however CROWN was a popular brand around this time and it may be a good name to start with.

17th Jun 2015, 2:38 pm	#4
Welsh Anorak Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: North Wales, UK. Posts: 6,921	Re: Does anyone know what TV this is? Hi Yes - it's likely to be a Plustron, Teleton, Crown or something of that ilk. They tended to work quite well with any faults not being too complicated. Plustron also produced a couple of large-screen sets that looked similar in 17" and 19" versions. However rotary tuning foxed most people used to push-button tuning on their main TV and most I saw had a 'crib sheet' taped to the cabinet!