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You have to also figure in the R & D costs in developing color tv. RCA absorbed most of these costs and lost money on each color set sold until the mid 60's. Smaller manufacturers that did not sell rebadged RCA clones and developed their own chassis suffered even more losses on color tv. With the additional expense of using RCA & Hazeltine licensing fees. Slow color tv acceptance by the public showed up as red ink. Hence, by the later 50's, most electronic manufacturers producing color receivers dropped out. Giant RCA with it's NBC TV network soldiered on and finally showed a profit w/color tv in the mid 60's.
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