Philips Colour Television Receivers 1967 to 1983

History

Almost anyone involved in television servicing during the late sixties or the seventies will have encountered a Philips TV set on one occasion or another.  The brand itself dates back to 1891 in Eindhoven in the Netherlands and began life making carbon-filament lamps.  More on the history of the Philips company can be found here.

The Philips TV sets under consideration on my website were designed and produced at the firms consumer electronics factory on Commerce Way in Croydon.  The firm acquired the site in 1956.

Plate 1 - An early photograph of Philips TV production in Croydon.

The first production colour TV set that was produced at the Commerce Way site was based on the famous Philips 6th Generation or G6 chassis.

Plate 2 below shows the Philips Croydon works in 1957 shortly after it was opened. 

Plate 2 - Philips Croydon works 1957

The following photograph shows a Philips technician from the late 1960s period working on a G6 set at the Commerce Way site.

Plate 3 - Philips Technician in the Sixties