EMI 'Banana Tube' Experimental colour TV display tube

EMI 'Banana Tube' experimental colour TV display tube

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EMI 'Banana Tube' experimental colour TV display tube
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EMI 'Banana Tube' experimental colour TV display tube, 1960-1969.

Developed in the mid 1960s. It used electronic scanning horizontally and mechanical scanning vertically. This has never been put into production and only two examples have survived.

Details

Category:
Television
Collection:
BBC Heritage Collection
Object Number:
2012-5118/38
Materials:
metal (unknown), glass and electronic components
Measurements:
overall: 90 mm x 100 mm x 720 mm,
type:
cathode ray tube