[reeferman]

Good thread. The articles were interesting reading. Thanks.
As to who threw the first punch in the 15" introduction; other than bragging rights, does it really matter? Only RCA had deep enough pockets to stay for the next several rounds.
Admiral's president seemed more interested in having his picture in the newspaper articles rather than possibly having a picture of the color TV.
And as we all know, talk is cheap.

PS
I noticed how the Radio Age article stated women installed sub circuits, aligned and soldered, and the men installed picture tubes, base assemblies, etc. into the cabinet. Today I don't think they would get by with printing that division of labor based on gender.
The article also stated that RCA revealed its color plans to seventy competing manufacturers. Do you think that was a typo??