Example of TK-41 state of the art, December 1968

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Originally Posted by old_tv_nut

Another characteristic of early Plumbicons was a lack of deep red response. This made them insensitive to the hemoglobin spectrum that gives Caucasian skin "rosy" cheeks and instead tended to make faces look like they had been painted a uniform color. This is characteristic of some shows I have seen. Later, special extended-red Plumbicons were developed to alleviate this problem. Amperex gave a presentation on such improvements at a conference in October of 1968, so I surmise the improved tubes were already available.

This video does not show the "painted orange skin problem." Maybe this is an indication that the RCA equivalent [I seem to recall that RCA manufactured their own version, but I may be mistaken] of the Philips Plumbicon had better deep red response as well as less motion smear; or maybe the TK-44A's NBC had were already using the improved Philips/Amperex tubes.

There was an episode of "All in the Family" showing the studio outside the set. They were running Norelco cameras. Philips products were always "Norelco" in the US at the time.
I used to watch Graham Kerr to hear his for off-color jokes. IIRC, they were produced in Canada. The cameras were badged "Philips". Really great color.