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Old 02-14-2011, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by jr_tech View Post
I have a seventeener that my parents bought in about '57 or '58, it is about 13- 1/4 inches deep. It looks as if Philco shaved off about 3-4 inches in the "III" design...how deep is that puppy?
From front, to the deepest part of the cover over the CRT neck, it measures about 11" Since you don't see the bulge in the back panel in most pics, it looks deceptively thin. It uses the shallower 110 degree CRT. I think it's an interesting set though, especially the handle with the antenna.

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