CBS RX-43 (1949). Uses an RCA 9-T-246 chassis as a starting point,
to which CBS added the color wheel, motor and circuit
modifications. (Courtesy of John Folsom)
CBS 12CC2 (1951). The image on the screen was generated by the
color bar generator made by the museum. Here are a
sales brochure and a Popular Science article.
Drum receiver for the CBS field sequential system. The unit looks too crude to be a CBS prototype.
CBS drum receiver, using 17 inch
rectangular CRT, was demonstrated in December of 1950. The
entire receiver was 34 inches high and 27 inches wide. The
compactness of the receiver was accomplished by placing the
CRT inside the drum
Adapters
Allowed field sequential broadcasts
to be viewed on black and white sets