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Originally posted by rcaman
if it is color is should be a roundie. our 66 admiral was a roundie.
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In the early '50s, some b&w TVs (almost all very early RCAs in particular) had round CRTs (the mask on the cabinet was made to cover all but the viewable area of the tube), but these weren't called roundies. That term didn't come into use (I don't think, anyhow) until the first color sets with 19- or 21-inch round CRTs appeared on the market. Even at that, I don't recall anyone ever referring to a round-tube color TV as a "roundie" until I became an AK member.