15-07-2023, 11:53 AM
Judging by the vast number of Radiospares mixed dielectric capacitors that have been used for radio and TV repairs, an expired paper capacitor didn't mean EOL. Of course those MDC caps are now sufficiently suspect to consider replacing on sight.
In my opinion, the real killer for pre-war TVs was ITV. Lots of people wanted the new channel from 1955. While converter boxes were available, a lot of pre-war TVs were looking pretty dismal compared to all the new Band I/III sets available in 1955. There were only 20,000 pre-war TVs anyway. If you had the cash of course you'd get a new, modern set with bigger, brighter pictures and a smaller cabinet. Or possibly rent one. If you had a decent post-war single channel set, a Pye B16T, Bush TV22/TV24 etc you might well get a converter to protect your investment.
In my opinion, the real killer for pre-war TVs was ITV. Lots of people wanted the new channel from 1955. While converter boxes were available, a lot of pre-war TVs were looking pretty dismal compared to all the new Band I/III sets available in 1955. There were only 20,000 pre-war TVs anyway. If you had the cash of course you'd get a new, modern set with bigger, brighter pictures and a smaller cabinet. Or possibly rent one. If you had a decent post-war single channel set, a Pye B16T, Bush TV22/TV24 etc you might well get a converter to protect your investment.
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