Difference between revisions of "GEC: Radio and Television"
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''Note: This is a sub-section of [[GEC]] | ''Note: This is a sub-section of [[GEC]] | ||
1930 Advert for ''GECoPhone'' - 3 valve all electric radio operated by a.c. mains; price included '''Osram''' valves<ref>The Times, 4 November 1930</ref>. | |||
1936 Demonstration of GEC television sets at Wembley receiving signals from the BBC transmitter at Alexandra Palace; the sets could receive both the 25 frames/s and the 50 frames/s signals that the BBC transmitted <ref>4 September 1936</ref>. Started production of cathode ray tubes. | 1936 Demonstration of GEC television sets at Wembley receiving signals from the BBC transmitter at Alexandra Palace; the sets could receive both the 25 frames/s and the 50 frames/s signals that the BBC transmitted <ref>4 September 1936</ref>. Started production of cathode ray tubes. |
Revision as of 15:54, 10 February 2013
Note: This is a sub-section of GEC
1930 Advert for GECoPhone - 3 valve all electric radio operated by a.c. mains; price included Osram valves[1].
1936 Demonstration of GEC television sets at Wembley receiving signals from the BBC transmitter at Alexandra Palace; the sets could receive both the 25 frames/s and the 50 frames/s signals that the BBC transmitted [2]. Started production of cathode ray tubes.
1939 Competition in radios continued to depress prices[3].