Pye 697 woes

[dazzlevision]

Originally Posted by flyingtech55

How many 725s and 731s are still going. Does anyone on here still have/use one? I don't want one or anything but I just wondered because the 697 was a kind of interim model until the all solid state sets appeared yet a good few survive but there seems to be few of successor sets still existing.

Just a thought.

Tim

Hello,

I have a 26" Pye set fitted with the 747 (110 degree CRT) solid state "chassis". I have only come across one solid state Pye CTV fitted with their (90 degree CRT) 725 chassis.

Regards,

Dazzlevision

[flyingtech55]

Despite it's many shortcomings, I wonder how many 697s Pye actually built and sold. They were a very popular set with the rental companies and were popular as rental sets with the independents. I know; I worked for both sectors at various times. I did hundreds of repairs on these sets and I know other engineers were the same, many of whom have stated so on this very forum. The 697 may have been Pye's all time best seller on the stack 'em, sell 'em cheap principle. Were any comparative numbers ever published?

TimR