Completely dead green gun in a 21FJP22

[bgadow]

That was an age of gimmickry-GE used tuning meters, Westinghouse had an on-screen tuning indicator...something to set them apart, and people love gimmicks. I'm a sucker for them myself! And those indicators that Philco used were eye catching. (interesting how they were about the only major radio company to not use an eye tube in the 30s-making up for lost time?)

[Phil Nelson]

Yeah, "brand new" is an interesting descriptor for a magic eye in the 1950s. Maybe they meant "new to Philco."

Does anyone have a photo of the Philco with tuning eye?

Phil

[old_tv_nut]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

Yeah, "brand new" is an interesting descriptor for a magic eye in the 1950s. Maybe they meant "new to Philco."

Does anyone have a photo of the Philco with tuning eye?

Phil

The ad that I quoted had a huge reproduction of the screen shot, and a small picture of the (rectangular) set, on which it would be hard to see any details of the control panel. In this series, they did not illustrate particularly what the tuning eye looked like. I have at least two ads of this format, one with a kid eating an ice cream cone, and the other with Red Buttons, and there is a third (which I may have but can't find) of a cowboy.

If I remember, I'll look through my NYWF memorabilia and see if it was mentioned in the Philco brochure from the Ford pavilion.