Boxing Day Quiz: two 1939 sets - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Panrock · 26th Dec 2018, 1:21 pm

Question 1: What is this set, shown with Arthur Askey and his family?

Question 2: In the other two pictures (from the 1940 film "Band Waggon" and the 1939 Radiolympia) is this the same 1939 Philips console? If so, what is the model number?

Question 3: Do any pre-war Philips televisions survive today?

I don't necessarily have all the answers!

Steve

peter_scott · 26th Dec 2018, 1:33 pm

Q1. Ekco TS701?

Q2. The speaker aperture in photo 2 looks wider than that in photo 3.

Could photo 2 be Ekco TSC902 rather than the Philips 2407 in photo 3?

Q3. Don't know.

Peter

Panrock · 26th Dec 2018, 1:53 pm

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Originally Posted by peter_scott

rather than the Philips 2407 in photo 3

I slipped up there! I had thought this was showing the 12-inch version, whose model number is a mystery.

Steve

Jac · 26th Dec 2018, 8:48 pm

Steve,

As far as I know, no complete Philips pre-war sets did survive.
The 12" model was the 2415 (with a radio), and I think that was the only Philips 12" pre-war set.

The set in picture 2 does not look like a Philips set.

Jac

Panrock · 26th Dec 2018, 10:13 pm

I think both of you, Peter and Jac, are correct in what you say.

What up-to-date-looking sets those Philips were! They could almost have been from the early '50s. Are circuit details available? The cabinets looked slim for pre-war sets too... though could be an intentional trick of perspective. I wonder whether in fact there were large extensions at the rear? What a shame none survive. A closer look HERE.

Steve

26th Dec 2018, 1:21 pm	#1
Panrock Nonode Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Worcestershire, UK. Posts: 2,533	Boxing Day Quiz: two 1939 sets Question 1: What is this set, shown with Arthur Askey and his family? Question 2: In the other two pictures (from the 1940 film "Band Waggon" and the 1939 Radiolympia) is this the same 1939 Philips console? If so, what is the model number? Question 3: Do any pre-war Philips televisions survive today? I don't necessarily have all the answers! Steve Attached Thumbnails

26th Dec 2018, 1:33 pm	#2
peter_scott Dekatron Join Date: May 2003 Location: Edinburgh, UK. Posts: 3,274	Re: Boxing Day Quiz: two 1939 sets Q1. Ekco TS701? Q2. The speaker aperture in photo 2 looks wider than that in photo 3. Could photo 2 be Ekco TSC902 rather than the Philips 2407 in photo 3? Q3. Don't know. Peter __________________ http://www.nostalgiatech.co.uk https://www.youtube.com/c/PeterScott/videos

26th Dec 2018, 8:48 pm	#4
Jac Heptode Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands. Posts: 642	Re: Boxing Day Quiz: two 1939 sets Steve, As far as I know, no complete Philips pre-war sets did survive. The 12" model was the 2415 (with a radio), and I think that was the only Philips 12" pre-war set. The set in picture 2 does not look like a Philips set. Jac

26th Dec 2018, 10:13 pm	#5
Panrock Nonode Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Worcestershire, UK. Posts: 2,533	Re: Boxing Day Quiz: two 1939 sets I think both of you, Peter and Jac, are correct in what you say. What up-to-date-looking sets those Philips were! They could almost have been from the early '50s. Are circuit details available? The cabinets looked slim for pre-war sets too... though could be an intentional trick of perspective. I wonder whether in fact there were large extensions at the rear? What a shame none survive. A closer look HERE. Steve