TRK12 in Flight

[Murphyv310]

Not a question I can answer. Geordie McBoyne AKA David Boynes, Peter Scott and Jeffrey are the experts here on that kind of info.

[ppppenguin]

After WW2 Briatain had little money to spare. The TV service didn't re-open until the victory parade in 1946. Supplies of raw materials were strictly controlled by govenment so it was difficult for the manufacturers to make new TVs. The Pye B16T was the first post war TV, released in May 1946. By contrast, HMV didn't introduce a new set until 1948.

Without any evidence, I strongly suspect that the majority of pre-war TVs that survived the war were brought back into use. Certainly EMI had a substantial scheme to refurbish HMV and Marconiphone sets.

The nearest we have to an authoritative list of surviving early TVs is here: https://www.earlytelevision.org/prewar_database.html It records 8 HMV 705.

The list is inevitably incomplete and out of date. For example the new owners of the sets that belonged to the late Brian Cuff are not recorded.

[peter scott]

By September 1939 19,000 television sets had been sold.

TRK5 was $295 and TRK9 was $450.

Peter

[LENINGRAD T2]

Thank you for the information. I checked the link. According to my calculations, about 400 pre-war TV sets have officially survived. It is not a large pot. I wonder what percentage is running. During repair, the greatest concern is the condition of the picture tube. Has anyone encountered a substitution of pre-war picture tubes for more modern ones? In the TRK12 it is easier because the CRT has a classic neck / 35 mm /. British pre-war CRTs had their charm, but are they replaceable with something more modernist if necessary without significant changes to the TV design?