KVN-49

For other uses, see KVN.

KVN-49 (Russian: КВН-49) or Kenigson, 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.

Specifications

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 (Рекорд).

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

References and notes

    • all years of production are estimated


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