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[[Image:Im20110714Amb-i083.jpg|thumb| 1930s. Model MC3. Exhibit at [[Amberley Working Museum]]. ]] | [[Image:Im20110714Amb-i083.jpg|thumb| 1930s. Model MC3. Exhibit at [[Amberley Working Museum]]. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im20130912-GEC.jpg|thumb| 1930s. GEC Radio, General: Battery TRF3: Model BC3736]] | |||
[[Image:Im090620SM-GEC-395.jpg|thumb| Late 1930s. GEC Valve Radio. Exhibit at the [[Stephenson Railway Museum]]. ]] | [[Image:Im090620SM-GEC-395.jpg|thumb| Late 1930s. GEC Valve Radio. Exhibit at the [[Stephenson Railway Museum]]. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im20110714Amb-GEC.jpg|thumb| 1938. Model 3865. Exhibit at [[Amberley Working Museum]]. ]] | [[Image:Im20110714Amb-GEC.jpg|thumb| 1938. Model 3865. Exhibit at [[Amberley Working Museum]]. ]] | ||
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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].
1960 A new company was formed in conjunction with Pillar Holdings to extend the system of Piped Television that it owned in South Wales; the company would be called General Piped Television Ltd; GEC had a minority interest[4]. GEC did preparatory research for the company and manufactured the equipment. Pillar agreed not to sell televisions outside Wales.
1962 GEC sold its shares in General Piped Television to Pillar Holdings[5]