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TREND TO ALL-CHANNEL SETS SEEN IN '53: Heavy emphasis will be on uhf in new January
TV lines — as evidenced by RCA and Philco models introduced this week (see Topics & Trends). And there are strong indications that by end of 1953, "all-channel tuning" will be offered by vast majority of manufacturers , including some who are now among most ardent backers of strips and l-&-2-channel converters.
TV trade is destined to have "split personality" for some time. Set makers can be expected to offer "dual" lines ( vhfonly and vhf -uhf ) , or receiver lines with "uhf optional." Advertising approach will be dual, too — with big stress on uhf in new-station areas, but virtually no mention of it in those well-served vhf areas which have little prospect of getting uhf stations soon.
Although transmitter bottlenecks have prevented the emergence of any nev; uhf stations since Portland's KPTV went on air last September, uhf tuner manufacturers report big pickup in last month or so in the already heavy demand for tuners — some of which is undoubtedly due to set makers’ preparations for new models.
It's an ill wind that blows no good, and uhf stations' delays in getting on air have given set manufacturers enough of a breather so they no w feel they'll be in fairly good position to cope with demand when uhf areas open up — although reports from prospective uhf communities indicate comparatively f ew sets available now.
All-channel tuning -seems to be in the cards as optional feature on all makes of TV sets — maybe in 1953, maybe later. Even Zenith, staunchest advocate of strip approach to uhf conversion, has developed continuous uhf tuner — but when it will be used in Zenith sets isn't known. Every major tuner manufacturer either is offering a 70-channel uhf unit or has one in works.
This doesn't mean strips and l-&-2-channel converters will disappear. It does mean that set makers have studied FCC's table of allocations and realize that a large number of metropolitan areas are within range of 5 or 6 or more potential uhf stations. Other locations may never be able to get more than 1 or 2 uhf — and in these, strips and limited-channel converters are most economical approach.
Standard Coil Products Co., biggest manufacturer of strips, reports everincreasing output of strips at Chicago and Los Angeles plants. It's now "gearing for production of a tremendous quantity of strips for each channel" in order to build up inventory, and plans to double its Chicago production facilities next year.
Company is currently producing uhf strips for 10 channels, selected on basis of demand by its set-manufacturing customers. As key to set makers' thinking about uhf market possibilities, here are the channels for which Standard is making strips, together with the cities in which CPs have thus far been granted for those channels:
Channel 21: Youngstown; Louisville; Rochester; Gadsden, Ala.; Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Channel 25: New York; Jackson, Miss. ; Columbia, S.C. Channel 27 : Portland, Ore.; Youngstown; Roanoke. Channel 28: Los Angeles; Wilkes-Barre; Flint; Raleigh; Baton Rouge; New Bedford, Mass. Channel 34: Wilkes-Barre; South Bend; Waco, Tex. Channel 43: York, Pa. ; Bridgeport; Syracuse; Chattanooga; Peoria, 111. Channel 45: Atlantic City; Fall River, Mass.; Binghamton, N.Y. Channel 48: Mobile; Jackson, Mich. ; Oshkosh, Wis. Channel 55: Harrisburg, Pa. ; Holyoke, Mass. Channel 61: Reading, Pa. ; Springfield, Mass.
Standard Coil's detent-type 82-channel tuner (Vcl. 8:9), after thorough going-over by engineers, is scheduled for first small-scale production in January or February. Company says it will offer new tuner to set makers first, later may merchandise own uhf converter as does Mallory.
Mallory reports "tremendous demand" for both its continuous uhf tuner and self-contained converter, especially in last 60-90 days. Like other companies in field, Mallory is working on single tuner to cover entire vhf -uhf range, but execu
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