We once unpacked 50 HMV C211's and 30 were either DOA or blew up within minutes.
The idea of the chassis and serviceability was good but reliability proved a disaster.
However when they finally got the chassis sorted and then moved on to the C221 it was fairly good.
Then they stopped making them, the Japanese sets being far more reliable.
Almost as bad as the UK AWA chassis and the horrible 4KA chassis.
Kriesler and Philips were always the preferred B/W then colour sets.
The German sets also were not too bad if one learnt their ways. But I found they seemed to run too hot for my liking.
Designed for 220V I think was the main problem.
JJ

JJ
I was offered a Sebring 60s TV set the other day. Ive never seen or heard of them before.
I knocked it back because I have too many projects going on at the moment.
All the best pete

Does anyone remember the lamps that had moving scenes, the heat from the lamp was directed through fan blades on the top of a translucent drum on which a scene was printed. The drum rotated about the lamp which illuminated the scene. My Aunty in Sydney had one, and I saw a few in the seventies when I fixed TVs.
Our policy was to ask the customer to move the junk on top by the way.

Yes Vince,
The rotating shade lamps,often surf scenes or dancing ladies, well if you find one, you have a buyer here ,hahah, pete