Mid-Century TV Monitor Algol 4 by Richard Sapper & M. Zanuso for Brionvega, 1980s

Description

Brionvega - algol 4

new with original box and warranty booklet.

in 1964 marco zanuso and richard sapper designed algol … more Brionvega - algol 4

new with original box and warranty booklet.

in 1964 marco zanuso and richard sapper designed algol for brionvega, a television set destined to revolutionize the previous canons and the very domestic environments that housed it.

with its unmistakable lines is one of the representative products of the italian style of the sixties, the tv color algol brionvega is exposed in the most famous international museums, including the prestigious museum of modern art (moma) in new york.

algol is characterized by its inclined and rounded screen (zanuso compared it to a faithful little dog looking up at its owner), its removable metal handle and its brilliant plastic body.
made of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (abs) plastic, metal, glass.

dimensions: width cm 30 - depth cm 30 - height cm 25

obviously, while working, the tv receives the analog signal and then without modifying it can not work with the contemporary digital terrestrial signal.

from radiomuseum\.

manufacturer / brand: vega, bp radio, brionvega, brion & pajetta; milan, lissone (mi)
year: 1980
category: television receiver (tv) or monitor
valves / tubes 1: semiconductors (the count is only for transistors) semiconductors present.
main principle superheterodyne (common)
wave bands: vhf incl. Fm and/or uhf (see notes for details)

details
power type and voltage: line / batteries (any type) / ac 220; 12 volt
loudspeaker: permanent magnet dynamic (pdyn) loudspeaker (moving coil)
power out
model: algol 4 12'' - vega, bp radio, brionvega,
material: modern plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
shape tablemodel, with any shape - general.
brionvega algol 4 12'' b/w design tv. This piece has an attribution mark,
i am sure that it is completely authentic and take full responsibility for any authenticity
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