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Originally Posted by etype2
I can tell you I never saw well adjusted color on the early 50’s sets. In my opinion, the color chain just was not as capable as what we have today.
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That's not true. I saw color TV right from the beginning in our town,
in 1954, and my uncle had a CT-100 for while until he got a 21CT55. The color on his
set was always perfect when I saw it. It is true that he had a good antenna,
about 1/2 mile from the transmitter (WBAP), and that station transmitted all
local live programming in color, right from day one. I saw lots of stuff on the
monitors because my best friend's father was the weatherman. There was
no difference in the color between the monitors and the home set. I was 10-11
years old at the time and mightily interested in the technology.
And the color on my own CT100 was quite good until the CRT died. Dorothy looked just like what you see in the current Westinghouse threads ... the white parts of her dress are too blue. Interestingly, now that I have substituted a modern monitor for the CRT (taking the RGB from the CT-100 grid drives) the white parts of her dress are white, not blue. This is due to the gross difference in the necessary drive level for the red versus gren and blue guns of a 15GP22 or 21AXP22, resulting in different nonlinearities. These disappear when the CT-100 drive controls are readjusted to drive a monitor. The demodulation and matrixing is perfect. Some day I will have a 21CT55 chassis driving a 21FJP22 and we shall see.