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Philharmonic (AMC) 15" Color Set

An article in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported that a Philharmonic (AMC) set was sold for $995, plus a $200 service contract, with delivery in 3 to 4 weeks.If this set was actually delivered, it could have been the first NTSC color set sold to the public. Here is a billboard article that mentions Philharmonic, and implies that it was made by Motorola

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New York Times, January 21, 1954. The same advertisement appeared in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle the day before.

Courtesy of Marshall Wozniak

 

 

 

 

 

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