Equipment for hire

"Domestic televisions" equipment.

12" monochrome portable receiver. Can be fed an unmodulated video signal (via a modulator). Cream plastic casing. Still displays good pictures.

Large, console model, with doors, dating from 1960. This set (originally supplied by Harrods) is a real luxury model from the time. Can have a modern 'implant' monitor imperceptibly fitted to give a convincing picture.

Battery/mains VHF 405 line portable television with VHF radio. Watch me while I flatten your car battery! Circa 1956. BBC Television used a considerable number of these sets as monitors, usually on obs.

Very common British colour TV from the 1970's. This one just shouts '70's' and is now fully operational giving an excellent and reliable picture.

Early 70's ultra reliable 19" colour TV. Wooden case, very keen price at the time and very common.

British made colour TV from the early 70's available in many screen and case sizes/styles. Most are operational. Some are upmarket versions, others are base models.

Black and white, dual standard (405/625, VHF/UHF)19" table model, but also looks fine on a stand. Fully operational on 625 lines and very representative of mid 60's monochrome TV in the UK.

First in the series of similar looking 'Thorn' portable TVs. This one is fully operational on 625 lines and is a very early one being largely valve with only a few transistors (hybrid). Later models in the 70's progressed to all transistor and on to integrated circuits. Externally the appearance remained similar. This one dates from the late 60's.

The Kolster-Brandes console 405-line tv receiver was at the 'posh' end of the market. Our example is dated 1953 (bought for the Coronation Broadcast). This 15-inch set is not in original working condition. It has been 'implanted' with a modern monitor (monochrome or colour). The monitor fits exactly the original screen mask so there is no tell-tale modern screen 'squaring' of the edges (a common fault). Also, note that although monochrome tv sets look to the naked eye, 'black & white', they in fact have a 'blue' cast due to the screen's phosphor. This blueness is apparent when re-photographed by a film or tv camera.

Trendy 'orange' Sanyo portable b/w 12" tv receiver complete with a set of Baird 'rabbit ears'. Working condition.

Up-market 26" inch ITT colour television receiver in operating condition. The larger picture shows the receiver 'in situ'. Mid-1970s.

Early 1970s 26" inch model

14 inch monochrome portable

14 inch portable receiver

Late 1970s b/w receiver

Late 1970s 20" inch colour receiver.

Early 1980s 14 inch set

17 inch receiver. Late 1960s wooden item.

22 inch mid-1970s colour set

20 inch colour set

Iconic Sony colour TV using the famous 'Trinitron' tube. In excellent working order.

Stylish black and white set on monopole stand. Very 'swinging 60s'.

Good working order and can be supplied with miniature 625-405 converter.

A late model in a series of sets commonly known as 'GEC bow front.' Very popular in the UK in the early 1960s. Currently not operational.

Very common 'Thorn 1500' chassis black and white 625 only set. This one carries the 'HMV' brand and is in full working condition. It has a broadcast illuminant 'D' tube fitted to reduce the colour temperature for film work.

405 line set made in 1948 and in full working order. Can be supplied with a miniature 625-405 line digital converter. The set's design, being a 'mirror lid', is of pre-war origin and could be regarded as typical of its type back to the mid 1930s.

Up market 'Beovision' 7702 set in full working order, complete with remote control.