U. S. Prewar Production
It is estimated that 7000 TV sets were made in the U. S. in 1939 and 1940. Good information is available about RCA's manu-facturing, which made up about half of the estimated production.
|
Model # |
Quantity |
|
TT-5 |
587 |
|
TRK-5 |
602 |
|
TRK-9 and TRK-90 |
453 |
|
TRK-12 and TRK-120 |
1779 |
|
Total |
3421 |
(Courtesy of Jeff Lendaro)
Here are some estimates of the production of other manufacturers:
|
RCA Field Test |
200 |
|
Sears/Silvertone * |
58 |
|
Westinghouse * |
258 |
|
Zenith |
103 |
(From Historic Televisions & Video Recorders by Michael Bennett-Levy and Danny Gustafson)
* Made by RCA