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Scophony

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Though these sets were designed to work with the 405 line eectronic transmissions from Alexandra Palace, they used mechanical scanning. There are no known complete surviving Scophony sets. However, a part from one has recently surfaced.

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1936 Model

Courtesy of John Wakely

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1936 Projection

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Two Foot Screen projection set (1938)

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Palace Deluxe (1938)

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18 inch model (1939)

Courtesy of Jon Evans

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1938 model (see also Ekco)

 

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1938 ad in Radio & Television magazine

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Scophony display at the 1938 Radiolympia

 


 
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