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Originally Posted by bgadow
I've got one of those "Radio & Television News" 1957 Color Television magazines & it lists the Strathmore at $795. So somebody got a good deal (and so did you!). Thats a handsome set, and with the doors closed its the kind you would walk past without guessing whats inside. From going through old Life magazines from that year, RCA was really pushing color tv hard. But I guess it was still a real hard sell. Anyway, welcome to the CTC-5 club-you are really going to enjoy it!
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Thanks bgadow! (and everyone else who has responed!)
I've been wanting a 50's color set for a while, and it's pretty darn neat to finally have one, and such a nice example at that!
Anyway, I think your observation about the "mild-mannered" appearance of this set with the doors closed is actually rather important. I was thinking something very similar when I first saw it in its original location-- the wood used in this cabinet matched rather nicely with the wood paneling in the living room it was in, and (with the doors closed) probably made for a quite attractive table to hold a lamp and some framed photos in the corner of the room. If the set didn't match the other decor in the room or look so nice, it probably wouldn't have been kept around all this time. Sure, a Philco Predicta vertical "barber-pole" console looks pretty nifty today as a classic TV, but I wonder how many of those were tossed in the landfill because they started to look out of place against the new furniture that their original owners bought in the late 1960's and 70's..? Perhaps there's something to be said for "understated" cabinet styles after all.