Why did 405 look so good?

[Geordie McBoyne]

I must introduce my all transistor Pye TT1 into the discussion.  Introduced in 1960 this 405 line mains and battery portable was one the first UK made transistor TVs to have a full size CRT, a 14" rectangular Cathodeon C14-23 which until recently I believed to be a special CRT made for portable TVs.  In fact it is the equivalent to the more common AW36-20.

Geordie McBoyne.