Early Color Television Receiver Production

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Ed Reitan's Color Television History

Early Color Television Receiver Production

1954 - 1964

Color Television Receiver Production (by year)

It took more than ten years before there were significant sales of color receivers. This occurred even when the addition of color to black and white television was a significant value added. This is an possible bad omen for the introduction of a high definition service, with its marginal value added of increased picture resolution and widened picture aspect.

Year	# Produced	RCA Model or Chassis	Comments
1954	5,000	CT-100 (CTC-2)	(15GP22: 11 1/2" x 8 5/8" rounded)
1955	20,000	21-CT-55 (CTC-2B, CTC3) thru CTC-4	(21AXP22)
1956	90,000	CTC-4	First Simplified Chassis - 26 tubes
1957	85,000	CTC-5 Special & Deluxe	(Special: a dog (first < $500), Deluxe: improved wideband color)
1958	80,000	CTC-7	(quality chassis, X&Z demod, dim 21CYP22)
1959	90,000	CTC-9	-
1960	120,000	CTC-10	(quality chassis, brighter 21CYP22A)
1961	140,000	CTC-11	(first bright CRT-but orangish red-21FBP22)
1962	450,000	-	(integral faceplate-21FJP22)
1963	750,000	-	-
1964	1,500,000	-	(> 1.5 M production per year, thereafter)

Source: Dan Gustafson Telcon, July 21, 1996 from Sams Photofact Book on Color TV, 1966

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