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Old 12-14-2006, 10:15 PM
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The bigger the screen size, the more costly the TV...especially in the early days, up to 1952 or so...17, 19" sets had outlandish prices of like $279.95 on 'em...People bought small sets & "cheated" w/these things. That, & large screens simply weren't available til the mid-'50s. If you discount the DuMont Royal Sovereign, the largest screens were the 27" sets-I remember seeing an ad from '54 w/them. And they were nearly $400 1954 dollars...
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