Field Sequential Prototypes

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Field Sequential Prototypes

Receivers and Monitors

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7 inch

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9 inch

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Console

1941 CBS prototypes

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CBS RX-28 (1945)

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Hazeltine prototype

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1946 CBS prototype

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1946 GE prototype

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Monitor used in the Smith, Kline & French medical television system (1949)

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Zenith made for the Smith, Kline & French medical television system (1949)

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Zenith receiver, made for CBS broadcasts

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CBS RX-43 (1949)

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DuMont 12 1/2 inch industrial monitor (1950)

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DuMont industrial monitor as a receiver

Courtesy of Steve Dichter

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DuMont 7 inch industrial monitor (1950)

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Gray Research 1101 (1950) studio monitor

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CBS 12CC2 (1951). The image on the screen was generated by the color bar generator made by the museum.

Courtesy of Ed Reitan

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CBS “Slave”/”Companion” (1951)

(Permission to use photo from Ed Reitan)

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Industrial color television monitor console (1950)

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Air King (1951)

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Japanese field sequential (1953)

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RCA field sequential prototype (1941)

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Drum receiver for the CBS field sequential system. The unit looks too crude to be a CBS prototype.

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Crosley field squential receiver

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September, 1951 TV Technician magazine

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. Here is a New York Times article, courtesy of Phil Dudley.

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Gon-Cam (Guillermo Gonzales Camarena - 1960s)

Converters

These devices converted black and white TV sets to display color pictures

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CBS "Personal Viewer" (1950)

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Crosley color converter (1950)

CBS RX-40/41 (1950) color converter

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Teletone Tele-Color

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Webster-Chicago converter

Courtesy of Steve Dichter

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Zenith converter

Courtesy of Steve Dichter

Adapters

Allowed field sequential broadcasts to be viewed on black and white sets

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Admiral adaptor

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Colortone adaptor