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Early Color Television

15 Inch Commercially Sold Sets and Monitors (1954)

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.

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Receivers

 

Andrea

 

 

Admiral C1617A

 

Arvin  

Courtesy of Pete Deksnis

 

Douglas 15" 

(LA Times Jan 1, 1954. Courtesy of Steve Dichter)

 

 

Emerson C-501

 Courtesy of John Folsom

 

 

General Electric 15CL100

 

Motorola 16CK1

Courtesy of John Folsom

FAB Detergent Contest

  

 

RCA Model 5 

 

RCA CT-100

 

 

Sparton 16A211

 

 

Stromberg Carlson K-1

Courtesy of Ed Reitan

 

 

Sylvania 451

 Courtesy of John Folsom

Schematic diagram

 

 

Westinghouse H840CK15

 

 

Zenith 15"

Courtesy of Dave Johnson

 

Monitors

 

Dage 650 Monitor  

 

DuMont 15 inch Monitor

Courtesy of John Folsom

Specification Sheet

 

 

General Electric 4TM-15 Monitor  

 

RCA TM-10 Monitor

 

 

Wickes color monitor ad from IRE Proceedings, June 1954. Wickes ran ads for color encoder, vectorscope, bar generator, stairstep generator, etc. about every month in the IRE in 1954.

KOAM-TV Pittsburg/Joplin MO about 1963. You'll see a Wickes color monitor near the back.

Courtesy of George Lemaster

 

Polarad M-200 15" monitor

 

Courtesy of George Lemaster