ETF - Early Color TV

15 Inch Commercially Sold Sets (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

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)

Fada (Courtesy of John Folsom)

General Electric 15CL100

Hoffman 15M1300U Colorcaster

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(Courtesy of John Folsom)

Motorola 16CK1

(Courtesy of John Folsom)

RCA Model 5

RCA CT-100

Sparton 16A211

Stromberg Carlson K-1

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(Courtesy of Ed Reitan)

Sylvania 451

(Courtesy of John Folsom)

Westinghouse H840CK15

Zenith 15"

(Courtesy of Dave Johnson)

Monitors

Dage 650 Monitor

DuMont 15 inch Monitor

(Courtesy of John Folsom). Click for 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.

(Wickes photos courtesy of George Lemaster)

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