Spotted in Canada, not sure if they were sold there?

Spotted in Canada, not sure if they were sold there?

Looks like a Canadian built set. The earlier British sets had strange styling quirks. There was a few British firms that set up plants in Canada, such as Marconi.

And its vert knob is labelled "Vertical Hold" instead of "Frame Hold"(Brit)

I've placed a link to this thread and the picture (non members can't see it)
on a UK TV forum here.

http://vintagetvandradio.myfreeforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2919&p=29842#p29842

Pye did have a factory in Australia I think,never heard about one in Canada.

Hugh

Philips also tried their luck in Canada in the 50s

Philips didn't try US until 80's buying US brands
Result: Financial Armageddon

Pye got taken over by Philips in the mid-late 1970's having joined up with Ekco around 1964.

As a manufacturer Pye went right back to the very early days of radio
in the 1920's.

Have you got any more pictures of that TV? The inside view might give a clue as to its origin,looks mid-late 1950's to me and by that time their styling for UK models had settled down to a more conventional look.

Hugh

Didn't realize it had Nth American tuner/channels
Don't have any more pictures. You can transfer a higher res
of my thumbnail by clicking/expanding it first before saving.
Wish I would've picked it up
Set now too far away from me but available in Mississauga, O.
PM me for seller contact info.

Philips also tried their luck in Canada in the 50s

Philips didn't try US until 80's buying US brands
Result: Financial Armageddon

Wasn't Norelco the name Philips used for their US consumer products? I have two Norelco projection TVs from 1950-52 that have the name Philips inside on several items.

I have two Norelco projection TVs from 1950-52 .

I saw one of these on ebay , did you get that one?