COLOUR TV COST
(N.Z. Press Association) LONDON, Aug. 11. Britain's first colour-tele-vision sets, ready by the end of next year, will cost 35s a went to hire—or about £225 to buy. Joseph Robinson, chairman of Radio Rentals, predicted. He announced the link between his group and the Radio Corporation of America. A £1 million factory to be set up in Britain by the two companies will be producing the tube, the most important and costly component of a colour television set, which would otherwise have had to be imported.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31136, 12 August 1966, Page 13
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89COLOUR TV COST Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31136, 12 August 1966, Page 13
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