KVN-49

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KVN-49 (Russian: КВН-49) or Kensington, Warsawskiy, Nikolayevskiy Mk. 1949 was a black and white TV set released in 1949 and on the market in the USSR until 1960, with some minor modifications. It was the first TV set ever mass produced in the USSR, and among the first in the world.

Contents 1 Specifications 2 Mods 3 References and notes 4 External links

[edit] Specifications

• Television tube - 18LK1B (Russian: 18ЛК1Б) with round mirror, without an ion trap,
• Ray focusing and deviation by a magnetic field, 3 coils (rows forming, framing and focusing)
• Resolution - 105х140 mm
• Frame proportion - 4:3
• Audio output - 1 W
• Additional equipment - plastic magnifying lens filled with distilled water
• Power outlet - 200 W (КВН-49-4), 216 (КВН-49-А and -Б)
• Dimensions - 380х490х400 mm
• Weight - 29 kg

[edit] Mods

1. "КВН-49-1" - 1948 - 1950^[1]
2. "КВН-49-А" - 1950 - 1952
3. "КВН-49-Б" - 1952 - 1955
4. "КВН-49-4" - 1953 - 1958
5. "КВН-49-М" - 1954 - 1955
6. "КВН-49-4(А) first release" - 1955 - 1959
7. "КВН-49-4(А) second release" - 1959 - 1960

In 1962 KVN-49 production was finally stopped, and the factory which made it, the ARZ factory (Alexandrovskiy RadioZavod), began to produce a different TV set called the Record.

Over its history, as many as 2.5 million KVNs were produced.

[edit] References and notes

1. ^ * all years of production are estimated

[edit] External links

• (Russian) KVN-49 series
• (Russian) KVN-49-4

External images
	KVN-49 in a museum