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W76 DOS 140 - World's shallowest color TV tube. This is the last prototype color tube made by Thomson (RCA) at their Lancaster, Pennsylvania plant. This tube has an impossible 140 degree deflection angle. In fact, engineers were never able to get it to converge properly.

 

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Cutaway of a 110 degree color CRT. These items were donated by Thomson.

 

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