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Little update to the G6 project: I will be getting back to the G6 lopt transplant in due course, it will likely be a winter project. Also, I have a couple of new TV's arriving for the collection, in l...

I can't believe this weekend marks 12 months since work commenced on the “new” workshop come museum. Boy, time does fly, it seemed like an age for the work to commence, even longer for it to finish, g...

This recording shows the definition available for 405 line operation on VHS. The stability at the top of the scan is a bit wobbly but the drop-out performance of the old 3320 is pretty good. You will ...

The re-branded RetrotechUK show (previously NVCF) is being held at the Warwickshire Event Centre on the Fosse Way, just outside of Royal Leamington Spa on September 26th. This is a reminder that it's ...

Hope Gary does not mind, but to whet folk's appetites a few more for what's to come, here are the photos of the TV in question, when it first appeared on our facebook group. I think Mr Derek Tyne borr...

I'm currently trialling 3D printing, having done a few bits myself, including a new drive cog to repair the record door on my 1980s Sharp Vertical Record Player. A few teeth had been chewed off the 35...

Pictures of the Stella ST1011U. Except for cabinet presentation the set is electrically identical to the Philips 21TG100U and like the Philips set which received a line output transformer from the lat...

Circuit diagram of the 19TG170 "Style70" series line output stage.Attachment : Stella_ST1011_Style70_LOPT_cct.jpgComponent layout of the line output stage components.Attachment : Stella...

The Philips 21TG100U continues to work well since the replacement line output transformer was fitted. The PL81 line output valve is holding up well also. A spare valve is kept inside the cabinet shou...

Posted by: @jayceebee It will be interesting to see how long it takes now the transmitter chain is divorced from the broadcasters to get some sort of service restored, wasn't it just a couple of days...

Hi Wayne, thanks for the intro and the recollection of the Kuba. Lovely little sets those, you never see them now, wonder what happened to them all. p.s. Back in them days, I guess natural selection o...

@crustytv unfortunately I know exactly what happened to mine! I was young and naive and I'd just got an Amstrad CPC 464 computer along with a colour monitor. I had an Atari 2600 prior to the Amstrad ...

Hi, I'm Wayne as you've probably guessed from the username. I've had a username here for a while but I thought I'd post something. As I'm 42 I kinda missed the whole rental/repair industry but I've ...

A little more progress.Attachment : 20210807_170118.jpgAttachment : 20210807_172650.jpg

I've got an unused Pinnacle one you can have.

Hello again all ; Im Ian Johnson , was " ianj" for years but lost my bit of paper with my signing in stuff on it 🙂

I picked up an unusual JVC portable today, 7170GB 14". Of course, being Japanese after a preliminary dirt removal it worked first time, although there does not seem to be any control of brightness or ...

Since work finished on my workshop back in November of last year, one thing I had neglected to sort out were my bench test signals. The rack I had before had been pulled apart and basically while work...

I have lock...I have lock..... Woooo Hoooo! Only took seven months and loads of transplantations. OK it's not full height but Oh MY, the taste of success.Attachment : 20210704_123428[1].jpgL...