Japanese Color TV set without a tricolor tube

[jedo1507r]

Dang! Interesting set, but it does - in a way look like a furnace.

[Pete Deksnis]

No color killer?
21-MHz IF!
pulse-width AFC.

I want one.

[ita]

Here are some pictures of Mitsubishi 6CT-333.

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[RCAkid]

These sets are really cool.

It is quite interesting to look at the differences in styling from US sets to the sets from Japan.

The Japanese sets seemed much more utilitarian while the American sets were much more ornate and focused much more on the asthetic. It really shows the differences in culture. Just from the designs, it seems that the Japanese viewed these sets as much more of a kitchen appliance; while the Americans wanted much more ornate cabinetry and tended to treat the tv's they were in love with as a piece of furniture and a focal point of the home.

Quite fascinating. Of course now, the tv IS just another appliance or at least that's how it seems.

[Bill R]

Originally Posted by RCAkid

These sets are really cool.

It is quite interesting to look at the differences in styling from US sets to the sets from Japan.

The Japanese sets seemed much more utilitarian while the American sets were much more ornate and focused much more on the asthetic. It really shows the differences in culture. Just from the designs, it seems that the Japanese viewed these sets as much more of a kitchen appliance; while the Americans wanted much more ornate cabinetry and tended to treat the tv's they were in love with as a piece of furniture and a focal point of the home.

Quite fascinating. Of course now, the tv IS just another appliance or at least that's how it seems.

I wonder if the styling changes are related to the fact that all the sets are no longer made in the USA.

Bill R

[Dave A]

Ita, is the set in your photos an earlier production model or a prototype? It looks to have a metal cabinet and some much simpler trim than the other photos and the Worlds Fair picture. And it looks like it is on wheels and has the more square screen than in the photos from Triniscope.

Were many of these ever sold in Japan?

Dave A

[Einar72]

Originally Posted by RCAkid

It is quite interesting to look at the differences in styling from US sets to the sets from Japan.

The Japanese sets seemed much more utilitarian while the American sets were much more ornate and focused much more on the aesthetic. It really shows the differences in culture. Just from the designs, it seems that the Japanese viewed these sets as much more of a kitchen appliance; while the Americans wanted much more ornate cabinetry and tended to treat the tv's they were in love with as a piece of furniture and a focal point of the home.

It's hard for us in the U.S., especially those not born before 1970, to visualize that the typical postwar Japanese lifestyle (and resultant utilitarian approach) was much different than ours. It would be equivalent to the Southern States circa 1870 or so. The place was in ruins, the average family had a meager income, and the typical Japanese home was small compared to our spacious lifestyle. I still remember seeing a film about life in contemporary Japan as a school kid. The housewife would actually keep a piece of cloth over the modest TV as if it were an heirloom. The televisions produced back then, as well as the radios, were simple out of necessity. It was the economic necessity of adapting those products to American tastes that made them look more typical later on.

Compare that to the advertising for television in the 1940's and early 1950's. Men wore dapper suits, ladies wore evening gowns, it was a formal gathering for TV night! TV was, at first, truly a trophy for the affluent person, in a richly-appointed cabinet, often making up a sizable part of the cost!

[Carmine]

I would agree with the above, but I also think there is a big culture gap between eastern/western thinking... If that set were built in Germany, it would have had a nice cabinet. The English weren't exactly rollin' in dough after WWII either, but they still had some style in their manufactured goods.

I don't know if Australia was effected much one way or the other by WWII, but their products look the most "American" of anything other than the real-deal.

This communual "global" sell-in-every-nation crap makes for some pretty boring stuff.