- KVN-49
KVN-49 ( _ru. КВН-49) or Kensington, Warsawskiy, Nikolayevskiy Mk. 1949 was a
black and white TV set released in1949 and on the market in theUSSR until1960 , with some minor modifications. It was the first TV set ever mass produced in the USSR, and among the first in the world.pecifications
* Television tube - 18LK1B ( _ru. 18ЛК1Б) with round mirror, without an ion trap,
* Ray focusing and deviation by a magnetic field, 3 coils (rows forming, framing and focusing)
* Resolution - 105х140 mm
* Frame proportion -4:3
* Audio output - 1 W
* Additional equipment - plasticmagnifying lens filled withdistilled water
* Power outlet - 200 W (КВН-49-4), 216 (КВН-49-А and -Б)
* Dimensions - 380х490х400 mm
* Weight - 29 kgMods
# "КВН-49-1" - 1948 - 1950 [* all years of production are estimated]
# "КВН-49-А" - 1950 - 1952
# "КВН-49-Б" - 1952 - 1955
# "КВН-49-4" - 1953 - 1958
# "КВН-49-М" - 1954 - 1955
# "КВН-49-4(А) first release" - 1955 - 1959
# "КВН-49-4(А) second release" - 1959 - 1960In
1962 KVN-49 production was finally stopped, and the factory which made it, the ARZ factory (Alexandrovskiy RadioZavod), began to produce a different TV set called the Record.Over its history, as many as 2.5 million KVNs were produced.
References and notes
External links
* [http://www.oldradioclub.ru/radio_cat/kvn49.html KVN-49 series]
* [http://www.museum.ru/C6355 KVN-49-4] externalimage
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http://www.museum.ru/C6355 KVN-49] in a museum|
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