Happy 4th of July! CTC-16XL!

[Yamamaya42]

http://suzaku.live-evil.org/0618221239b.jpg

[old_tv_nut]

Nice!

[etype2]

Looking good. My first color set purchased new in 1966. Very similar.

[Popester]

It’s a tad early, but it’s a nice picture.

[Yamamaya42]

Originally Posted by Popester

It’s a tad early, but it’s a nice picture.

Not really!

Have already been seeing Independence Day themed advertisements on the main networks for some time now! :P

And I'm sure that the Halloween ones will start mid Aug!

[Electronic M]

It'd kinda be funny if someone worked out the forward march of companies rolling out holiday themed stuff and extrapolated what year we will start celebrating Christmas exactly a year early.

[Yamamaya42]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

It'd kinda be funny if someone worked out the forward march of companies rolling out holiday themed stuff and extrapolated what year we will start celebrating Christmas exactly a year early.

Christmas stuff will be in stores and the commercials on TV at the stroke of midnight on 10/31 as always!

[zenith2134]

That set looks fantastic.
Nice to see these things being preserved. From a BETTER TIME!

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Yamamaya42

Christmas stuff will be in stores and the commercials on TV at the stroke of midnight on 10/31 as always!

Right at the end of the movie Santa VS Satan.

[old_tv_nut]

[init4fun]

Very nice ! Thank You Old TV Nut, and Happy 4th to you too

[zenith2134]

Happy Independence Day Weekend to everyone!
Have fun and be healthy.
God Bless the USA

[old_tv_nut]

[nasadowsk]

Out of curiosity, what was the difference between the CTC-16 and the CTC-16XL? I’ve heard both are basically the best of the roundies made by RCA, but are the two chassis that different?

[damen]

I know they used different flybacks, same connections, just different construction. Also, the "X" versions used a 6JC6 for the 3rd If and burst amp tubes in place of the 6EH7 and 6EW6 in the earlier chassis.