Yes that's the Fergy 3712 I'm hoping to get transported up to me from Dave. The one he's offered me is the Fergy and yes an 8K chassis. If only Poole was not so far, would love to have it on the bench.
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Sorry Brian not a 3000 but a 17" 8000 or later 8000A version of the Ferguson 3712, a set Chris would dearly love to get hold of although I believe he has been promised an incomplete Marconi equivalent.
Thanks for the correction! I didn't realise the 8000s were made as early as 1971.
There was an identical model working in another household that did switch off as a valved set as the 8000s do now you mention it.
Thank you again for your contribution and for the correction.
Brian
I've heard a lot of 405 line prop TVs have had a 625 line chassis put in to make playback in the studio easier as I guess most studios don't have an Aurora to hand!
These 2 pictures are of a Pye set from the surviving footage from Broaden Your Mind.
I've heard a lot of 405 line prop TVs have had a 625 line chassis put in to make playback in the studio easier as I guess most studios don't have an Aurora to hand!
These 2 pictures are of a Pye set from the surviving footage from Broaden Your Mind.
About thirty years ago, I saw an HMV 907 being modified to take a Melford DU1-12 mono monitor inside to make the set practical. This was done for diverse reasons - one, safety; two, getting a bright enough picture to register on camera given the relative lack of sensitivity of the cameras in use at the time. A 405 signal would not have been a problem at that time as the ACE at Television Centre still had boards for 405 operation (I know, I once had 405 fed down to a studio!)
It's a different matter now: cameras are much more sensitive so are likely to 'see' a picture from a typical mono TV under studio lighting conditions (for example, cameras are lined up at 600 lux (e.g. Sony HSC-300) compared to 2000 lux for an EMI 2001) and you are likely to get a complete package - including standards converter where necessary - from a hire company.
The BBC liked those Pye sets. They can also be seen in the Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? episode, "No Hiding Place", Monty Python's Flying Circus and even the 1977 Goodies episode on the Silver Jubilee.
Brian
The BBC liked those Pye sets. They can also be seen in the Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? episode, "No Hiding Place", Monty Python's Flying Circus and even the 1977 Goodies episode on the Silver Jubilee.
Brian
Chances are there were a couple of examples down in the props stores! I wonder what happened to that with the closure of Television Centre? I know the Birt 'reforms' of setting up an internal market inside the BBC led to a lot of props getting skipped back in the 1990s as suddenly departments had to pay 'ground rent' (on a building the BBC owned outright) and so an effort was made to reduce the area departments occupied.
Yes that's the Fergy 3712 I'm hoping to get transported up to me from Dave. The one he's offered me is the Fergy and yes an 8K chassis. If only Poole was not so far, would love to have it on the bench.
Why not make a short family break of it once the schools have broken up, and have a couple of nights in Dorset?
I think the Rediffusion television set in the opening post is a Rediffusion MK 10A.
John
From the 1967 film "The Magnificent Two" starring Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise.
The back of a Thorn 960!
