Philco 48-2500 Restoration Blog

[Don Lindsly]

Originally Posted by ChuckA

Phil,

All the prototype and field trial Philco sets I have found or known about, (15" color prototype, 3 prewar field trial sets, and an "Apple" prototype), have all been in the hands of retired Philco engineers. The 48-2500 field set also was from a Philco engineer.

I guess the execs had no interest in them.

Chuck

I recall doing a service call to the Board Chairman's home in 1957. He was watching a 1957 Diamond D. I doubt he would have put up with a TV 123 color with its reliability. The engineers surely did not want him to experience the failure rate of the early color TV.

I recall another executive was watching a cheap 16 inch RCA in a metal cabinet.

Don