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Originally Posted by Electronic M
The CT-100 was basically a model 5 demonstration prototype with a cabinet restyle and a couple of minor electronic tweaks...It was more designed to wow the FCC into approving compatible color than to be a consumer product....As a consumer set the CT-100 seems like a case of" uh oh the FCC approved faster than we thought and others are beating us to market we gotta get something out there quick"...The 21CT55 exists for the same reason...CBS beat them to releasing a set with a CRT bigger than 15" and rather than push the completion date of the existing project that became the CTC4 they just modded a CT-100 to drive a 21" CRT and redid the cabinet....It was an awesome product catalog bandaid for the few months it was sold.
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What, then, in your opinion was the Westinghouse set? Were they also pushing for FCC acceptance, or just trying to be first on the market with new technology?