Returned from my trip to NY with halo light...

[Phil Nelson]

Originally Posted by fsjonsey

nearest any other manufacturer came to making something close to the predicta in terms of design, in my opinion.

The 1957 Teleavia from France was similar. I photographed this one at the French Museum for Modern Art in Paris.

The German Wega company made a 1956 TV that looks like a Predicta tabletop, only with different knobs and a boxier CRT enclosure.

I almost bought a Teleavia a couple of years ago, but I like to restore and use things that I buy, and of course these are incompatible with US standards. Given the expense and risk of shipping from Europe, I decided not to buy it as a shelf queen, no matter how glamorous.

Phil Nelson
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