Paris Exhibit: 80 Years of French TV

[Fairlane500skyliner]

Thanks for sharing - those are some beautiful sets! I'm intrigued by the set in the 54th picture. It's almost like a French version of the Philco Predicta!

Chris

[jhalphen]

Hi to All,

@Chris: the TV is a Teleavia P111 "Panoramic", brainchild of french industrial designer Philippe Charbonneaux, read about his career here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Charbonneaux

The receiver was an 819 line VHF model. An adaptor kit was produced to make it a dual standard set with 625 lines UHF when the second french TV channel came on the air in 1964.

The TV is a much sought collector item, a non-working but aesthetically presentable model currently sells for circa 1000 Euros on the local market.

see more photos below, including a view of the tube electronics.

Best Regards

jhalphen
Paris/France

[Phil Nelson]

The July, 1958 issue of Practical Television magazine has a little article about the Teleavia:

http://antiqueradio.org/PracticalTelevision.htm

Quite a distinctive TV. They almost never come up for sale in the US.

Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html

[Steve D.]

Here's the Philco & RCA "corner" consoles, Phil mentions in his post, offered in the late 50's.

-Steve D.