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Originally Posted by Sandy G
My l'il Pilot LOOKS almost as purty as this one-I got it about 15-20 yrs ago when Epay was still CRAWLIN' w/Pilots.. Mine hads the green CRT, but back in the Analog days, it picked up WSJK TV Channel 2 PBS, right down the road from me GREAT ! Wonder how many Pilots were made & sold back then ? Still say you AIN'T a real Old TV guy til you have one... (grin)
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I believe Pilot first made 10,000 sets in 1948 and sold them exclusively at Macy's in NYC. After that it seems Pilot went into full production through 1949. By how many still turn-up to this day, obviously a tremendous number were produced in total. I heard that a one big group that loved the set was college students. No set came close to it's portability for many years.