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Great article. I enjoyed reading that very much. I liked how the article was indicating that color was something just wasnt going to catch on in the early days and that RCA did all they could do to keep the concept of color TV alive with all the promotions etc. while everyone else was giving up by the late 50's. Then Zenith came in and woke up the entire industry, shocking RCA when they introduced their first color sets in 1961, the 29JC20 chassis.

I read an article from around 1957 somewhere about Zenith just stayed low durring the early color years and that they were in the background with their own R+D, refining color TV while all the other manufacturers were out cutting each others throats. Zenith basically waited introduction on the color TV when they knew they would have "The best one out there". This was the typical mindset Zenith's then president Eugene F. McDonald. If it wasn't the best, don't make it. He is responsible for the tradition of untouchable quality that made Zenith famous for so many years. Im sure Zenith blew the competition away like they expected when they introduced their 29JC20 chassis.