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Old 09-23-2011, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by earlyfilm View Post
It is my theory that the RCA prototype cabinets were made with oversize masks.
Not likely. RCA was always using parts from current stock, even when they designed the prototype colors tubes. The mask that came with the chassis is just a run of the mill 16GP4 mask, which makes sense since I've heard they simply modified a metal shell B&W tube with color guts. Indeed, the mask it came with is identical to the one in the TC168.
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