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Originally Posted by andy
I think either system could have worked very well. An all electronic solution to displaying CBS color would have been implemented early on. Mechanical color sets would be as rare as 15GP22 based sets are (except for projection sets where a small color wheel in front of the lens would work fine).
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I think I remember reading a story somewhere on the web where in 1951, one guy when he was a kid used to tweak the oscillators the family TV set to receive the CBS 405 line color system tests in New York every night, in black and white of course. It was kind of interesting. I guess if the FCC took the CBS color system instead, they could always tweak the B&W sets out there to receive it.
I think I've read somewhere that Philo T. Farnsworth suggested the use of a 625 line picture standard in 1941 when the FCC was settling on the TV standard we use today.