ETF - U. S. Prewar Production

U. S. Prewar Production

It is estimated that 7000 TV sets were made in the U. S. in 1939 and 1940. Good information is available about RCA's manufacturing, which made up about half of the estimated production.

Model #	Quantity
TT-5	587
TRK-5	602
TRK-9 and TRK-90	453
TRK-12 and TRK-120	1779
Total	3421

(Courtesy of Jeff Lendaro)

Here are some estimates of the production of other manufacturers:

RCA Field Test	200
Sears/Silvertone *	58
Westinghouse *	258
Zenith	103

(From Historic Televisions & Video Recorders by Michael Bennett-Levy and Danny Gustafson)

* Made by RCA