- Einheitsempfänger
On 1 September 1939 Germany introduced a 441 lines with 50 interlaced frames per second television system. The project started in 1938, associating the National Post and several companies, including Bosch, Blaupunkt, Loewe, Lorenz, TeKaDe and Telefunken. The objective was to produce 10,000 units, but due to the start of World War II only about 50 devices were installed in military hospitals and various government departments. The Berlin transmitter was destroyed by allied bombing in November 1943.
The Einheitsempfänger is a German TV receiver from 1939. It could only receive a channel, with it's frequency pretuned from factory. This allowed for lower prices and made difficult the reception of foreign channels.
To date, only a few surviving and functioning units are known:
* Museum for Communication in Berlin, (Telefunken)
* Museum for Communication in Berlin, (Blaupunkt, incomplete)
* Museum of Communication in Frankfurt, (Telefunken, with a new speaker, otherwise completely preserved)
* Private Collection August-Peter Nehrg, (Telefunken, completely preserved)
* German Radio Museum Berlin, (reproduction without original chassis and a new speaker fabric)
* Custodian of telecommunications tools Office, (manufacturer unknown, apparently unharmed and completely preserved)
* University Mittweida (Blaupunkt, with a new speaker material, condition unknown)
* Radio Museum Fuerth (original chassis with power transformer in the exhibition)
* Radio Museum Fuerth (functional, for demonstration)Technical Data for a typical set
* Case Dimensions (WxHxD): 65 cm x 37 cm x 38 cm
* Image size / diagonal: 19.5 cm x 22.5 cm / 29 cm
* Power consumption: 185 W at television, 60 W in radio receptionReferences
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