Clivia (TV)
Clivia was a television - radio combination device that was built from 1955/56 to 1958 in the VEB Sachsenwerk / Rafena in Radeberg , Saxony . Together with the model Claudia, Clivia was the first TV cabinet in the GDR .
technology
Two different versions of the Clivia were made. A 43 cm / 70 ° black and white picture tube was installed in both variants . The “Rubens” television chassis and the “Stradivari” radio receiver were installed in the Clivia I model, the “Dürer” television chassis and the “Beethoven” radio receiver were used in the Clivia II model. The radio receivers came from the VEB Stern Radio in Rochlitz . In addition, Clivia had a connection for a wired remote control , with which brightness, contrast and volume could be regulated. A total of 19,188 devices were manufactured.
reception
From the mid-1950s, the Clivia TV cabinet was presented with other models from the Radeberg company at numerous international radio and technology trade fairs. The Radeberger devices were able to assert themselves qualitatively on the market, so that many devices were exported and thus served to procure foreign currency .
In West Germany , too , the technical developments in the GDR were noticed, for example in 1956 the Spiegel described the Clivia TV cabinet as one of the devices that dominated the market.
literature
- Wolfgang Traste: TV set production in Radeberg . Part 1: 1950 to 1968. Radeberg 2007, p. 11 ff. and appendices ( brochure [PDF; 10.0 MB ]). ( Attachments (PDF; 7.9 MB) ).
Web links
- "Clivia" TV cabinet with operating instructions in the German Historical Museum
- Clivia FER858A on radiomuseum.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Televisions made in Radeberg. Old Time Radio, accessed March 10, 2016 .
- ↑ Esteban Engel, Dorit Koch: We'll see you again tomorrow. In: Sächsische Zeitung , issue of December 19, 2012 ( online ).
- ↑ Television receiver from Radeberg 1950 to 1968. (PDF) Working group company history ROBOTRON Radeberg, August 17, 2015, accessed on March 10, 2016 .
- ↑ Canal to the west. Der Spiegel, February 1, 1956, accessed March 10, 2016 .