In an article in "English Russia" about Siberia, an unusual projection set is pictured. The caption is something like "this collector has an unique rare TV set from 1955"... I have never seen a set like this, can anybody identify?

http://englishrussia.com/2012/07/19/life-in-the-severe-region/#more-105289

jr

Here you go

http://www.rw6ase.narod.ru/000/tw/moskwa_ptw.html

Looking here (on page 3)

http://www.rw6ase-dok1.narod.ru/arhiv/moskwa_ptw_nirt.djvu

The kinescope (CRT) is a 6лк1б, data here

http://www.radioman-portal.ru/sprav/kineskop/2/?page=6lk1b

Looks like a 25KV anode voltage. Probably a knock off of some early RCA tube.
This set is very neat, never knew it existed. I really like the styling of the cabinet and especially the screen.

I would be very cautious to actually use this TV, it's operating at or close to 25KV and I doubt much effort was put into
containing x-ray radiation! Maybe I am wrong, but I wouldn't take that chance.

The name of the set translates literally to Moscow, from Moscow Television Plant, model is from 1957

Wow! that was quick! Thank you!

jr

I love this place!
"Hey here is this totally obscure 55 year old television from another country, any one know anything at all about it?"
...11 minutes later...
"Here is detailed page describing exactly what set that is"

Absolute wealth of knowledge here!

Looks like it uses the Protelgram projection unit with 3NP4 CRT. I think everyone made a model with that unit, The Germans had the SABA 1026, English had Decca 1000, Russians with this one, Americans had Emerson 609, FADA 880. And the Norelco Duo-Vue.

X-rays aren't an issue with these sets as the HV unit and CRT are contained in their own metal cases.

Chuck

Great post. I also enjoyed the other vintage glimpses of life in Russia.

Is the older guy holding a remote contrast or brightness control like the RCA projection sets had?

Soviet stuff is really easy to identify, because it was pretty much all made by government owned and run factories, and then kept in service for a very long time. Products were kept in production for a long time, and updated only when advances in technology made it necessary, so there were way less makes and models than the US companies produced. This makes documentation easy to find, and that website I linked to has a more or less comprehensive list of Soviet consumer electronics.

It's be just awesome if someone made a similar website in English, to document all the models and products RCA and Zenith made, but with annual model changes creating a huge number of models, and the fact that original documentation is now scattered all over the place, I think it'll never happen.

Strange place to put a TV! Don't they have a "living room"?

More pictures turned up today on "English Russia";

http://englishrussia.com/2012/07/23/tv-apparatus-of-the-soviet-past/#more-105486

jr