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Allison Rae
04-07-2024, 10:43 AM
Trying to answer a historic curiosity I have, how many manufacturers besides Motorola manufactured sets using the 8BP4 electrostatic CRT?

We see many Motorola sets that use the 8BP4 but I know of at least one other manufacturer that sold a set that used the 8BP4.

rld-tv01
04-07-2024, 12:11 PM
Arvin 4080T has a 8AP4 CRT but it is not electrostatic deflection.

Vintage TV
04-07-2024, 01:58 PM
The Sears, Silvertone model 9116 used the 8", 8BP4 electrostatic picture tube.

tvdude1
04-07-2024, 03:41 PM
The 8 inch Arvin is a one of a kind and a great performing set rock solid.

timmy
04-07-2024, 03:55 PM
Trying to answer a historic curiosity I have, how many manufacturers besides Motorola manufactured sets using the 8BP4 electrostatic CRT?

We see many Motorola sets that use the 8BP4 but I know of at least one other manufacturer that sold a set that used the 8BP4.

Motorola table top sets used the 7jp4 crt same as the 8 inch.

Electronic M
04-09-2024, 06:58 PM
Motorola table top sets used the 7jp4 crt same as the 8 inch.

Yes and no...But mostly NO. The Motorola TS-4 family of 7" electrostatic sets (VT-71, VT-73, etc) used the 7PJ4. The Motorola TS-18 family of 8" electrostatic sets (9VT1 and it's bakelite counter part used the 8BP4....I have examples of both sets so I can tell you that besides the cabinets and CRTs the tuner was also different...The TS-18 had a full 12 channel VHF tuner in contrast to the 7-ish channels the TS-4 had by making 2 channels share a detent and aligning the tuner to only get the one that was on air where the set was sold.