Philco Prototype Color Set

[ChuckA]

Originally posted by Steve D.
I recall seeing a 15" Philco color set some years ago. I remember it was a full door oriental styled cabinet. This leads me to believe that Philco did produce a limited run of 15" color sets. Can anyone else shed more light on this?

When I got this set, I was told that Philco bought 100 of the 15" tubes. Over 60% failed almost immediately, and they couldn't see producing a set with that kind of failure rate.

Sorry to say the paperwork on the early trial sets was thrown out by the engineers' family before this set was acquired.

Chuck