Very, very early CoLoR TV

[Carmine]

Today I read the thread about color TV circa early 50s. I was intrigued by the idea of sets pre-dating the well known RCA designs. For example, this photo shows a mirror-in-lid color set from 1949:



I'd love to know more about these super-early sets, but that's obviously limited to what's already published... Or is it? What ever became of these prototype sets? Did any survive? Are any in the hands of collectors today? Are there any better photos? (Would love to see the guts in that mirror-lid set.)

It even got me to thinking it might be a fun project to build some kind of alternate-reality early color sets. (Lots of cool gear out there with trashed cabinets..) For example, what if R&D stalled in certain areas, but advanced in others and the first color sets for the public used low-defelction angles and were mirror-lid?

Just a little food for thought.