Hold on Young Man
Valves are electronics, just as much as transistors are.
Anyway, all colour tellies sold in the UK had at least some transistors in them. Contrast two of the earliest sets; the Thorn (Ferguson) 2000 that was all solid state, apart from the CRT of course, and the Philips G6 that was a hybrid with 21 valves and 17 transistors. Both were introduced in 1967.
Your neighbours' Philips G8 was all solid state as were many sets introduced in the early '70s. Thorn never made a colour telly with valves.
The last colour set with valves that I know of that was sold in the UK was the ITT CVC9 of 1975.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
