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Originally Posted by Einar72
No controversy, the 13-channel format this uses was not the standard before the war. Also, the miniature tubes inside - 6J6, 6AG5, 6AU6, 6AL5, etc. - were new in 1940, so the design phase would have had to be rapid and thorough to have any sets in production before the 1942 consumer-goods cutoff. What we have here is a batch of left-over decals used on early production, IMHO, but I do like the old script much better!
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I like the old script better too. It would have been awesome if RCA had put the "Television" decal on the next speaker bar down like the pre-war sets!
The debate with the 621 has always been that, although the chassis is definatley post-war, the cabinet might be a pre-war creation by, of course, John Vassos. It still does not make sense that the totally modern (for the time) flagship set, the 630, was created, yet one low-production small-screen set, the 621, was commisioned by Vassos to be designed in the out-dated pre-war deco styling (?) I definatley believe the 621 has pre-war roots of some kind.