Speaking of 30" Dumonts

[M3-SRT8]

What was the MSRP on a Royal Sovereign, BTW?

[jr_tech]

Originally Posted by M3-SRT8

What was the MSRP on a Royal Sovereign, BTW?

When I was a little kid, I saw one at a local home show... Great looking TV! The salesman told me " just like your $25 savings bond... 1875 with a couple more zeros" so unless he was yanking my chain, it was $1875.00 on the west coast.

My favorite picture of the tube shows John McQueen (later at Southwest Vacuum) making the faceplate seal, in white shirt and tie.

From ETF:
http://www.earlytelevision.org/dumont_ra119.html

jr

[colorfixer]

Given what was learned through perspiration and work on the 15gp22, this tube should be comparatively simple, albeit a very large metal to glass simple.

I wonder if this should be Scotty's next challenge.

Wasn't there a 30" monochrome tube used in air traffic control displays?