The Murphy A42V. The first comercially available Murphy television. Announced in the June 1937 issue of 'Murphy News' - price unstated (if you had to ask...). |
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The Murphy Television range for 1938 Featuring A56V, A58V & A42V. Unfortunately this is missing the back page. |
The Murphy V114. The first new Television made after the War. The price was £54 plus purchase tax – another 12 Guineas! I swear these sets are made from redundant Tanks/Battleships. This catalogue kindly provided by Phil Marrison. |
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The Murphy V118C was released in June of 1949 price £98/13/4 (£80/0/0 + £18/13/4 purchase tax. Pounds shillings and pence now that's what I call real money). Revised version of the V116 of 1947. This catalogue kindly provide by George Windsor. If you have any 'Murphy-bilia' to share with your fellow 'Murphy-Maniacs', don't be shy! No suitable contributions will be refused! |
The Murphy V120C. released in September 1949. The price was £71 10s. 8d. inclusive. |
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The Murphy V176C. First shown at Radiolympia 1949. It wasn't available to buy until April of 1950. The price was £120 plus purchase tax – another £28! You got a lot of television for your money… |
The Murphy V178C was released in August of 1950 price £104 (£84/6/6 + £19/13/6 purchase tax). A bit of an experimental model, this set was the first to employ an oil filled line output transformer; this became standard in most subsequent Murphy televisions. |
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The Murphy V180C released March/April of 1950 price £75 (£60/16/3 + £14/3/9 purchase tax). The yellow background has been added by myself to show that this brochure was cut to be television shaped! |
The Murphy V150 was released in December of 1949 price £54 (£43/15/8 + £10/4/4 purchase tax). Their cheapest television (after the war) used 'Universal' techniques to lower the price and to make a smaller set. The true 'universal' version – the VU150 – wasn't released until October of 1950 price £55/10/0. |
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