Upon the date 01:56 AM 2/21/00 +0000, Tony Duell said something like:
>> As long as we're on this subject - are B&W TV's with screens larger than
>> 5 inches or so still common in the UK, Europe, Russia, anywhere?
>
>I've no idea if they're still being made (I've long since given up buying
>_new_ consumer electronics [1]), but certainly 12" B&W portable TVs were
>sold in the UK very recently. There's a cheaper TV license if you only
>have B&W TVs, you see.
You _still_ need a license to own a radio or TV in the UK Tony? I knew that
to be the case from the earliest days of radio before WWII but I hadn't
heard of that being done in recent times. BTW, I've got a 1930-vintage
license which came with my 1926-vintage RCA Radiola 20 which once was owned
by a fellow up in Nova Scotia province.
>
>[1] In my experience it's better to rebuild a 10-year-old TV or VCR and
>have a machine that will last a good few years than buy a new one which
>will fail in a year's time.
Sure _is_ junk sold nowadays! Ugh!
Regards, Chris
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Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian
Jamestown, NY USA cfandt_at_netsync.net
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Received on Sun Feb 20 2000 - 20:45:02 GMT