12-10-2020, 12:21 PM
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The list is inevitably incomplete and out of date.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.
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The list is inevitably incomplete and out of date.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.
www.borinsky.co.uk Jeffrey Borinsky www.becg.tv
