Televisions Demonstrated at
Radiolympia (1938)

  

The following summarises a survey undertaken by Kolster Brandes of televisions that were both on display and being demonstrated at the 1938 Radiolympia. The receivers were placed in order of price, ranging from 21gns (£22-1-0) up to an astonishing 220gns (£231).

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Pye 817 5" *     *       21gns
Invicta TL4 5" *     *       21.5gns
GEC BT8090 9" *     *       23gns
Cossor 54 6" *       *     23gns
Ultra T22 9" *       *     28gns
Marconiphone 706 5" *       * *   29gns
HMV 904 5" *       * *   29gns
Pye 819 5" *       * *   29gns
Murphy A56V 9"   *     *     30gns
Pye 815 9" *       *     30gns
Marconiphone 707 7" *       * *   35gns
HMV 905 7" *       * *   35gns
Baird T20 9" *       *     35gns
GEC BT9121 12"   *     *     37gns
Ultra T24 12"   *     *     38gns
Baird T20 9"   *     *     38gns
Pye 4046 9"   *     *     43gns
Kolster Brandes KB780 12"   *     *     44gns
Baird T18 12" *       * *   44gns
HMV 907 9"   *     * *   45gns
Marconiphone 709 9"   *     * *   45gns
Marconiphone 704 9"   *     * *   45gns
Cossor 437T 11¼" *       *     45gns
Baird T18 12"   *     * *   47gns
Cossor 1210 15"   *     * *   48gns
Ekco TC103 12"   *     *     49gns
Ferranti T3 12"   *     *     50gns
Ferranti T4 12"   *     * *   60gns
GEC BT9121 12"     *   * *   60gns
Marconiphone 702 12"     *   *     60gns
HMV 901 12"     *   *     60gns
Pilot T65 12"   *     * * * 65gns
Pye 838 9"   *     * * * 65gns
Cossor 137T 12"   *     * *   70gns
GEC BT8161 16"     *   * *   70gns
Baird T21 12"     *   * * * 72gns
HMV 900 12"     *   * *   80gns
Marconiphone 705 12"     *   * *   80gns
Marconiphone 701 12"   ½ ½   * *   80gns
Philips TEL61 Projection   *     * *   120gns
HMV 902 12"   ½ ½   * * * 120gns
Marconiphone 703 12"     *   * * * 120gns
Baird T14 15"     *   * * * 120gns
Baird T19 18" x 15"
Projection		   *     * *   150gns
Marconiphone 708 22" x 18"
Projection		   *     * *   200gns
Ekco-Scophony ES104 24" x 20"
Projection		   *     *     220gns

 

Thanks are due to 'brianc' for supplying the information upon which the above list was based.

For illustrations of advertisments for the above sets, as collected for Kolster-Brandes' survey, refer to this webpage on Steve Ostler's informative Radiocraft website.

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