A 42-year-old colour TV that still works
November 12th, 2010 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANSLondon, Nov 12 (IANS) A colour television set that was bought 42-years back is still running fine in Britain.
Derek Wills purchased the colour TV, Mitsubishi CT2217BM, way back in 1968 - and it has never required attention, the Daily Express said Friday.
“The back’s never been off it.”
“We contacted Mitsubishi because we thought it would be a great advert for them. They were impressed that there had never been anything wrong with it,” Wills was quoted as saying.
He had bought the set for around 300 pounds when BBC had just begun colour broadcasts.
In those days, there were only three channels - BBC1, BBC2 and ITV.
- Britain's ITV earns viewers' ire for missing goal - Jun 14, 2010
- BBC staff get trained to announce queen's death - Nov 01, 2011
- BBC prepares for the Queen's death! - Oct 30, 2011
- BBC plans to shrink its services to leave room for its rivals - Feb 26, 2010
- BBC to lay off hundreds of employees - Jan 22, 2011
- Reports Reveal Death In 2008 Of Farrah Abraham's Child - Jan 27, 2010
- BBC to create downloadable archives of old shows - Mar 15, 2012
- Ferguson snaps back at Dalglish's daughter - Sep 15, 2011
- Jeremy Clarkson 'surprised to find he is the new cheating Tiger Woods' - Apr 04, 2011
- James Murdoch quits boards of Sun, Times - Nov 23, 2011
- James Murdoch attacks 'state-sponsored' BBC - Aug 29, 2009
- ITV's new breakfast newsreader Tasmin Khan in nude photo scandal - Aug 05, 2010
- Ofcom censures Frankie Boyle's joke about Katie Price's disabled son - Apr 05, 2011
- Prince William's wedding to be 'the biggest TV event in history' - Nov 17, 2010
- Jobless Brit man tries to sell skills on eBay without setting minimum bid - Sep 30, 2010
Tags: advert, bbc, bbc2, broadcasts, colour television, colour tv, daily express, derek wills, itv, london, mitsubishi, television set, tv mitsubishi
