When were the last CRT sets available in UK?

[GreasedMonkey]

I ask as there is someone who is selling a quantity of them as “manufacturer refurbished” seems to have a quantity of 28” and 32” widescreen Sanyo CRT TVs and I am considering one for the back room.

Is there a way to tell the age of the set from a model number?


The 28” appears to be 28FWN6HB from what I can make out in the photographs. I can’t see a model number for the 32” sets.

[Nuvistor]

There is a listing on Amazon, currently unavailable, which makes sense for a 28FWN-6, date first available Jan 2005.
Can’t be sure its exactly the same TV.

[AC/HL]

We did have a thread a while ago, but I can't find it ATM. Someone will recall.

[Graham G3ZVT]

Originally Posted by AC/HL

We did have a thread a while ago, but I can't find it ATM. Someone will recall.

Possibly this thread ?

This post in particular.

[AC/HL]

Could well be. I found that, but thought there was something more specific. May be buried in another thread.

[Maarten]

I think most tube manufacturing stopped between 2006 and 2008. I think by 2008/2009 the market share in Europe was mostly non-existant. Maybe the EU would have documented this?

[ekcopyephilips]

Well Sanyo shut their uk factory in 2009 and the whole site was demolished a few years later so I don’t think they can be manufacturer refurbished. Probably some unsold stock someone has found.

[Richard_FM]

Originally Posted by rambo1152

Possibly this thread ?

This post in particular.

The linked pages don't exist now, but a search for CRT TV brings up some results:

https://www.alibaba.com/trade/search...rchText=crt+tv

Some NOS CRTs were on eBay a while back, which were probably ones which never sold & were left in a warehouse.

[Kyle__B]

I have a feeling that novelty portables themed around kids films or cartoons (Disney, Pixar etc) would've lasted for a bit longer, 2006 or 7.

[GreasedMonkey]

Who looses a warehouse full of TVs for 15 years?

I am tempted to treat myself to one though. Have to have a chat with SWMBO this afternoon.

[cheerfulcharlie]

Originally Posted by GreasedMonkey

Who looses a warehouse full of TVs for 15 years?

I am tempted to treat myself to one though. Have to have a chat with SWMBO this afternoon.

Those Sanyos are excellent (I have a WN3 circa 1999) if you want a CRT TV you will not be disappointed.

[ben]

Like anything, depends on price. Used WS TV sets have practically no value due to their size and weight and the fashion for flat screens.

[Richard_FM]

Originally Posted by Kyle__B

I have a feeling that novelty portables themed around kids films or cartoons (Disney, Pixar etc) would've lasted for a bit longer, 2006 or 7.

These were probably used more for watching DVDs than analogue broadcasts.

While these portables turn up at the usual places for sale, I remember there seemed to be a batch of them on eBay being sold individually quite cheaply by the same seller a year or two ago.

[Maarten]

I found out Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) produced picture tubes up to at least 2004 in the UK, so there was still demand for (smaller) tubes by UK/Continental setmakers by then.

I think LG-Philips Displays (LPD) ceased manufacturing tubes in 2006 after which they only produced some CRT parts in the UK up to 2008.

[Welsh Anorak]

How strange! I suppose they were in a massive warehouse and forgotten about. Possibly catalougue overstocks that missed the audit? I wonder if the same warehouse has any pre-war sets or early dual standard colours in there...probably not!

[FERNSEH]

Originally Posted by Maarten

I found out Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) produced picture tubes up to at least 2004 in the UK, so there was still demand for (smaller) tubes by UK/Continental setmakers by then.

Chungwha was the brand of CRTs used by Tatung(UK). Was the tube company a part of the Taiwanese Tatung company?
By the early 2000s Tatung had given up making CRT TV sets, simply marketing sets made by Profilo-Telra. Gave up on CRT sets in 2006. Seems that 2006 was the end year for CRT televisions, Currys PC World stopped selling CRT sets in 2006.
Last gasp for CRT television was the Samsung "Slimfit" 32" TV set.
Was asked to look at one earlier this year. Thankfully, it's owner decided not to have this 55Kg monster repaired. Not into carrying heavy objects anymore.
At 399mm (16") the set was not that slim and the public were not at all convinced it was slim either.

DFWB.

[murphyv310]

Ah the Slimfit.
A very heavy set, it was available as an HD version. Sad thing was the resolution at the extremes of the screen. They had a 130 degree deflection angle so the aperture grille had to be angled for even light distribution and compensate for beam distortion thus the reduced definition at extremes.
The line stage gave trouble too. Very few lasted more than seven or eight years.
I had one, it was OK but could never get close to a modern LED screen or 4k.

[FERNSEH]

I believe LG were going to put a slim CRT set into production. Perhaps they did in other markets.
Blind alley engineering?

DFWB.

[broadgage]

Originally Posted by GreasedMonkey

Who looses a warehouse full of TVs for 15 years?

I am tempted to treat myself to one though. Have to have a chat with SWMBO this afternoon.

To lose an entire warehouse of TV sets is rather unlikely, but to lose a few dozen sets at the back of a congested store is easier than it sounds.

When a company goes bust or a sole trader dies, it is surprisingly easy for warehouses to be sold, complete with contents, by public auction.
The purchaser might not clear it for years.

I know of someone who purchased a lock up store, complete with contents.
It was formerly owned by a now bankrupt hotel.
Most of the contents were worthless, but a few items were saleable or useful, no TVs in this case.

[jayceebee]

Experimental Thomson/RCA 140° CRT can be seen here. Unfortunately they couldn't get it to converge properly.

John.