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Field Sequential Prototypes 

These sets were used with the CBS field sequential color system

 

1941 CBS prototype

 

 

 

 

 

1949 Zenith direct view. Made for the Smith, Kline & French medical television system

 

 

 

 

1946 General Electric model 950 projection set

 

 

 

Russian Raduga ("Rainbow") (1954)

 

 

 

1949 monitor used in the Smith, Kline & French medical television system

 

 

 

 

 

   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)

 

 

 

A picture from the screen of John Folsom's RX-43

 

 

 

CBS RX-40/41 (1950) Color Converter

 

 

Gray Research 1101 (1950) studio monitor

 

 

 

 

 

10" CBS “Slave”/”Companion” (1951)

(Permission to use photo from Ed Reitan)

  

 

 

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.

(Courtesy of Ed Reitan)

 

 

 

CBS "Personal Viewer" (1950)

 

 

DuMont 7 inch industrial monitor (1950)

 

 

October, 1951 Radio Electronics

(Courtesy of Steve Dichter)

 

 

 

DuMont 12 1/2 inch industrial monitor (1950)

 

The same industrial monitor as a receiver

(Courtesy of Steve Dichter)

 

 

 

Crosley Color Converter (1950)

 

 

 

Industrial Color Television Monitor Console (1950)

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

 

 

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