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Later Color Sets (1954-59)

 

1954 Sets

 

1955 Sets

 

 

 

Hoffman Colorcaster M4021A

 

 

 

Philco TV-123

 

 

 

RCA CTC-2B model 21CT55,  based on the CT-100 chassis

 

 

 

RCA TM-21D Monitor

(Courtesy of John Folsom)

 
 
 

1956/57 Sets

 

 

 

Admiral Patrician

 

 

 

1957 Admiral

 

 

 

Admiral C322C17

(Courtesy of John Folsom)

 

 

 

Admiral C22C27

 

 

 

Admiral Ambassador C322C16

 

 

 

Capehart 31T216

 

 

Muntz 721 CV. Built around an RCA CTC5-N chassis. This is the Deluxe Series, which  used X and Z wide-band demodulation producing a superior color picture. (Courtesy of John Folsom)

 

 

 

 

Philco Prototype with Apple CRT (600k file size)

 

 

 

Pye experimental 405 line NTSC set (Britain)

 

 

 

RCA CTC-4 

 

 

 

1957 DuMont

 

 

 

1957 Emerson

 

 

 

1956 Hallicrafters

 

 

 

Hoffman Colorcaster (Ambassador model)

 

 

 

1956 Magnavox

 

 

 

1957 Magnavox

 

 

 

Motorola 21CT2M

(Courtesy of John Folsom)

 

 

 

RCA CTC-5

 

 

 

Stromberg Carlson 102CM

(Courtesy of John Folsom)

 

 

Sylvania 21C609

 

 

 

 

Westinghouse 22 inch (Courtesy of Steve Dichter)

 

 

1958-59 Sets

 

 

RCA CTC-7 (1958)

 

 

 

RCA CTC-9 (1959)

 

 

1960 - 1970 Sets

(Courtesy of Ed Reitan)

 

(Courtesy of George Lemaster)

Sears-Toshiba 16 inch. The first rectangular screen set from Japan (1965)