Impertinent Question...

[Sandy G]

Wonder why was it, that after 21" roundies had been more or less standardised as "The" size for color CRTs in the mid '50s, why didn't the mfgers offer any OTHER sizes ? Monochrome CRTs were offered in a variety of sizes, I don't think that it necessarily was at the expense of sales of one size over another...A 15" round color CRT in a semi-portable set around '57 or so, to my mind might have been The Bee's Knees...And given color TV a welcome shot in the arm. Let's face it, ALL color sets during that period were pretty much the same, the biggest differences being in whether you got an El-Cheapo metal table set, or sprung for the Megabux full-house console...You STILL got a 21" round tube. Did they not have the capacity, the technical know-how, or what ?