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Early Color Television

15 Inch Sets and Monitors (1953-54)

NTSC field test sets

Some of these sets were either sold to the public, or have characteristics that made it clear that the manufacturer had developed them to the point where they could be sold. Others were only prototypes.

Who Sold the First NTSC Color Set to the Public?

Receivers

Andrea	Admiral C1617A	Arvin   Courtesy of Pete Deksnis
CBS-Columbia RX-89 prototype	CBS-Columbia RX-90 prototype	Douglas 15" prototype (LA Times Jan 1, 1954. Courtesy of Steve Dichter)
DuMont prototype	Emerson C-501 prototype  Courtesy of John Folsom	Fada - Mockup or Prototype
General Electric 15CL100	1953 G.E. prototype with metal cone CRT Courtesy of Chuck Azzalina	Hoffman 15M1300U Colorcaster prototype Courtesy of John Folsom
Motorola 16CK1	Pacific Mercury prototype	Philco prototype Courtesy of John Folsom
Philco 1955 prototype with Apple CRT	Philharmonic (AMC)	Pye experimental 405 line NTSC set (Britain)
Raytheon	RCA Model 5 prototype	RCA CT-100
Sears-Silvertone 4160 prototype Courtesy of John Folsom	Scott prototype	Sentinel 806-CM
Sparton prototype photo of rear and engineering manual Courtesy of John Folsom	Sparton 16A211	Stromberg Carlson K-1 Courtesy of Ed Reitan
Sylvania 451  Courtesy of John Folsom	Westinghouse H840CK15 Westinghouse 15" prototype	Zenith 43M20" Courtesy of Dave Johnson

Unknown

Zenith 21" rectangular prototype (1954)

 

Monitors

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