VIDOR

- Vidor Ltd., West Street, Erith, Kent

Vidor are pehaps most commonly assosciated with battery and battery radio production. They may have shown a 12" TV model prior to World War II but if so it may well have not entered production. However they certainly entered the TV market by the very end of the 1940's with their model CN370 console, closely followed by the CN377 table model.

With the dawning of the Band III era manufacturers started dropping like flies, Vidor proving no exception. They released their last model, the CN4231, at the end of 1955.

1948 / 1949


CN370 (Murphy !)	CN377	CN390 (HMV !)	CN4213 (Ferranti !)

There doesn't seem to have been anything particularly striking in their sets, and to my mind many of their earlier sets, such as those illustrated above, bear more than a passing resemblance to cabinets used by other manufacturers. Only the CN390 stands out as being a little different, the top half looking like a (HMV!) console but with the bottom half used as a bookcase. All the cost of a console without the extra sound quality ?

DATE

MODEL

STYLE

CRT

VALVES

NOTES

PRICE

<=Sep48

CN369

AC. Shown at the 1947 Radiolympia.

£67-7-1	£55-0-0
	£12-7-1

1948?

CN370

C+D

12" MW31/7
or MW31-14C

18
Mullard

2ch S/het

AC, Mains E.H.T. Shown at the 1947 Radiolympia.

£97-19-4	£x-x-x
	£x-x-x

May49

CN377

9" MW22-7
or MW22-14C

19
Mullard

2ch

AC, Mains EHT. First supplies were sent to the Midlands.

£64-4-10	£x-x-x
	£x-x-x

<Apr 50

CN390
CN391
CN405
CN406

Console
(Bookcase)

9"
MW22-14C

16
Mullard

1ch

390 = London, 391 = Birmingham, 405 = London (fringe), 406 = Birmingham (fringe). AC mains.

£59-17-0	£x-x-x
	£x-x-x

<=Feb50

CN4201
CN4202

12"
MW31-14C

4201 = London
4202 = Birmingham

£75-0-0	£x-x-x
	£x-x-x

Apparently Vidor showed a projection set at the 1949 Radiolympia.

1950 - 1952


CN4215	CN4216

DATE

MODEL

STYLE

CRT

VALVES

NOTES

PRICE

?1950?

CN4206
CN4207
CN4208
CN4209

Console

12"
MW31-18

17
Mullard

1ch. S/Het

4206 = London
4207 = B'Ham
4208 = London (Fringe)
4209 = B'Ham (Fringe)

£86-2-0	£59-8-3
	£26-13-9

50/51

CN4212

12"

£86-2-0	£59-8-3
	£26-13-9

Dec51

CN4213

12"
MW31-16

15
Mullard

5ch S/Het

AC/DC
Trader #1069

£86-2-0	£59-8-3
	£26-13-9

Aug51

CN4215

£75-12-0	£52-3-4
	£23-8-8

~Sep52

CN4216

12"

5ch

AC/DC. This model was still on sale in May 1954.

£67-4-0	£46-7-5
	£20-16-7

1953 - onwards


CN4320	The CN4231

DATE

MODEL

STYLE

CRT

VALVES

NOTES

PRICE

Aug53¹

CN4217

17"
MW43-64

5ch S/Het

AC/DC

£75-12-0	£56-11-0
	£19-1-0

CN4218

14"
MW36-34

£66-3-0	£49-9-7
	£16-13-5

Mar54

CN4220

14"

Based on previous CN4217/8 but with provision for fitment of external CN4224 12-channel tuner.

£68-5-0	£51-1-0
	(£17-4-0)

Mar54

CN4221

17"

£77-14-0	£58-2-5
	(£19-11-7)

Aug54

CN4225

14"

16v

5ch S/Het

AC/DC. Based on previous CN4217/8 models but with provision for optional fitment of type CN4227 12-channel tuner.

£x-x-x	£51-5-0
	£x-x-x

Aug54

CN4226

17"

£x-x-x	£59-13-10
	£x-x-x

1955

CN4428

14"
MW36-24

17v

13ch S/Het

AC/DC

1955

CN4429

17"
MW43-64

Nov55

CN4230

14"
MW36-24

17v

12ch S/Het

AC/DC
Trader #1274

£x-x-x	£52-6-10
	£x-x-x

Dec55

CN4231

17"
MW43-64

£x-x-x	£61-6-3
	£x-x-x

Note 1 : Release dates taken from Wireless and Electrical trader. However Wireless and Electrical Trading give the release dates of September (CN4217) and October (CN4218)


CN390 Advert from April 1950 Link to larger view [99K]	CN4215 Advert from November 1951. Link to larger view [80K]	CN4213 Advert from July 1952. Link to larger view [88K]	CN4216 Advert from September 1952 Link to larger view [97K]

On-Line Manuals

Model(s)	File Size	Source
CN4214/CN4215	1.4MB	Manufacturers Manual

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