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It's a compliment to the CBS sets at the museum to compare them favorably, and in some cases superior to the 15GP22 sets. Keep in mind though that the 15GP22 and CT100 weren't used during the FCC color trials in 1950/51. The state of the art of RCA color television in 1950 was far from the CT100, so it's easy to understand how CBS won out.
The compatibility issue was a factor but was somewhat overstated by RCA. CBS color sets were designed to receive both standard B&W broadcasts and CBS color broadcasts. CBS also published required modifications for most common sets like the RCA 630 to receive both standard B&W and CBS color broadcasts. (the latter in B&W only of course)
Also while a color wheel would be unwieldy for larger sets, CBS demonstrated drum scanner sets which were much more compact, and when the shadow mask tube was finally perfected, it could have been used just as easily with the CBS system.
These CBS sets are still amazing to watch!
Darryl
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