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Early Philips TV History

• Piet Hooijmans 1918-2006
  
• Piet's home-built television or how Philips developed television pt.1, 1936-1950
• How Philips developed television pt.2, 1951-58
• The unique Philips EQ40 and EQ80 nine electrode FM detector valve

The first computers and circuit blocks

• Digital computers and Philips circuit blocks
  
• Philips TRANSDECO, the first European all-transistor computer, 1958

Philips TV Tuner History

• TV tuner history pt1 - VHF valve tuners 1946-1960
• TV tuner history pt2 - Introduction of UHF 1958-1963
• TV tuner history pt3 -
  Transistors, varicaps and a bit of colour
  1963-1982
• Philips TV Remote Control history, 1955-1985

The above four chapters are now available as the 1st volume Philips Television Tuners history

• TV tuner history pt4 -
  IC-tuners, frontends and modulators
  1980-1990
• TV tuner history pt5 - Competition and growth
  1990-2000

The above two chapters and more are now available Philips Tuner History Volume2

• TV tuner history pt6 - Silicon, chaos and decline
  2000-2014

Philips Technology History Books

Philips Television Tuners Volume 1 1950-1980
Contains the updated and extended story from the original TV Tuner History pages pt1 to pt3 plus the Remote Control history. Extended with sections on Central Antenna Installations and Cable Networks.

Philips Television Tuners
Volume 2 1980-2000
The continued tuner and TV development towards advanced sets with high IC content and new digital features. Plus the parallel development of new home electronics: VCR, (digital) set top box, and multimedia PC.