British Made TVs For Export

[German Dalek]

Originally Posted by Synchrodyne

According to the attached Wireless World item, some British setmakers were offering export model 525/60 TV receivers as early as 1949:

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At that time though, the US would have been the only market. British Commonwealth countries/territories that later adopted 525/60 would have been a few years away from starting their TV services. Whether these receivers were actively marketed in the USA to any extent is unknown, but it could be that they were aimed more at the personal export market.

Cheers,

Thanks for this report.

Question is, were these sets only experimental sets or does GB ever really sold these TVs in the USA?
I never heard, I never saw some on eBay or american forums.
There were a couple of TVs which were "introduced" on radio shows but
never produced for the market (example: first SABA TV set).


Anybody here who knows more?

Best regards,
German Dalek

[dalekmoore2007]

In Australia the problem line was we used 625 line there were tests in sydney and melbourne in the late 40's one tried 405 line the other 625 by the time tv started here it went 625 line so Usa 525 line Austalia 625 line and UK 405 .,,,not easy for any one but make there own counties Television.
Off topic i heard on the radio here a while back a fellow wanting to sell a letter from Baird to the Australian Government he lost out in the uk with he's tv system but he wanted to sell he's system to Australian Government after the war how many lines i don't recall ..but as we know he never made it to do that ,,,but we do know what was on he's mind for a new tv Empire .

[winston_1]

Originally Posted by Jac

Jamaica had 50Hz (PAL N)
Bermuda indeed also 60Hz - system M

Jamaica may have had 50Hz but it still used NTSC.

PAL N was (is still) used in Uruguay and Paraguay, and PAL Nc in Argentina.

[paulsherwin]

Originally Posted by dalekmoore2007

In Australia the problem line was we used 625 line there were tests in sydney and melbourne in the late 40's one tried 405 line the other 625 by the time tv started here it went 625 line so Usa 525 line Austalia 625 line and UK 405 .,,,not easy for any one but make there own counties Television.

It's easy enough to make TVs to a different line standard, and UK manufacturers did make 625 models for export while Britain was still using 405.

The reason you don't see many 50s/60s British made TVs and radios in Australia and NZ is simple - protectionism. The Aussies were particularly good at this, using local safety rules as well as tariffs to keep out imports, and Australia developed a strong and distinctive electronics industry as a result. Most countries restricted imports to a greater or lesser degree at that time, including the UK itself.

[Maarten]

The British manufacturers did however manage some control of the Australian market through local subsidiaries, if I'm not mistaken.

[German Dalek]

Heck, I just lost a page of information because of our Microsoft problems!

So again a short Version:
To sell sets in Australia GB, D,USA searched for partner companies like

Bush Simpson:
https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/bushsim_21a.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aCeJpF44ok

PYE Tecnico:
https://collection.maas.museum/object/360952

Electrosound SABA/Sidney (set of my collection)
https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/electr...sole_e544.html
The SABA chassis was made in Germany and exported to get
an aussi cabin and speaker. Writing on the scale is in english.

With these partners sets were engineered in Australia and sold there.
So they were not made in GB.
Ekco, HMV, and others were in busyness, too.

Sorry, just short!

[hans]

Originally Posted by German Dalek

Heck, I just lost a page of information
To sell sets in Australia GB, D,USA searched for partner companies like

This is the way they did it in Norway too. From the radio days foreign companies had factories here. First it was full production here, later chassis were imported and put in local cabinets. When the free trade agreements came in the end of the sixties the marked was flooded by Philips, the Germans and Japanese. This crushed the local industry.