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Early Color Television

Color Picture Tubes

Early Tubes

* On display at the museum

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Baird Telechrome (1942-45)

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CBS HD226* (1957). Early rectangular color tube

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CBS Hytron 15HP22 (1954)

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CBS projection tube (1951?)

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CBS 205 19VP22 Colortron*

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CFT CRT (1967)

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Chromatron (1952-54)

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DuMont Trichromoscope (1947)

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DuMont B1103 (1954)

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DuMont rectangular tube (1954)

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Geer CRT (1949-52)

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Motorola Prototype Rectangular (early 60s)

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Philco Apple (1957)

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RCA Experimental Flat CRT *

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RCA 15GP22* (1954) Used in RCA CT-100 and other 15 inch color sets

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RCA 21AXP22 (1955)

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RCA C73275* (1951)

One gun developmental CRT

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RCA C73293C* (1952)

Three gun developmental CRT

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RCA C736785* (1954)

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RCA 21CYP22 (1959)

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Sony experimental CRT (1981)

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Westinghouse 22EP22. (1957) Used in Westinghouse H22T155

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Uniray

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Zenith 21 inch rectangular (1954)
Modern Tubes

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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.

 
  • CRT Rebuilding
  • General Electric P.O.F. CRT
  • Color Maker Aids TV
  • Color TV, Conversion and Power Tubes
  • Intertel flat screen CRT
  • Manufacture of Color Picture Tubes
  • Motorola rectangular prototype CRT
  • New Shape for Color TV Tubes
  • RCA's first automated production line for color CRTs
  • RCA picture tube price list - 1955
  • Thomas Electronics 15GP22 and Lawrence CRT
  • TV Colorgard
  • Video Display Corp. CRT Interchangeability Guide
  • World's smallest Trinitron make text larger in single column tables. To make text larger in single column tables. To make text larger in single column tables

 


 
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