RCA Mystery TV

[earlyjukeman]

I remember it distinctly that it was a bigger version of the 8T-241. I thought it was that at first until I got close to it. I have two of them so I knew what it looked like. It didn't look like any home made set but I guess it's possible but they would have to copy the cabinet bigger also.

RCA did test color transmissions for the FCC in 1948. What set did they use?

I saw a number of strange sets in my travels back then here in NYC but they looked home made or lab models. This was very much a production model even if made in small amounts.

I'll never know I guess.

[JB5pro]

Edit.

JB, the man asked a serious question, let people who know something about this answer him.

I sincerely apologize and I will put fourth my best effort to be appropriate to all. Thank you, John

[earlyjukeman]

I should have made it clear that it looked like a production set and not home made. I see why you should find my interest in this not funny because I wasn't making a joke. I ask it here because this has been in the back of my mind all these years and I am interested to know if this set does exist anywhere. I figure that the guys on here would know one way or another. I wasn't expecting a reply like yours out of left field. As to me making it myself, that makes no sense or were you making a joke that I don't find funny.

The set was in the basement on top of a cabinet that was not part of it. I asked the owner if I could plug it in. After getting the go ahead , I did and just got the color dots. The back of the set had the grill on it. I did not look inside that I can remember. I left it there and regretted it later. I should have emailed you but in circa 1979 I wouldn't expect an answer. ( that was a joke) There weren't books about collecting TV's yet and I was out hunting on my own. Another set that I had no idea what it was and left behind in a house that went into the dumpster I found out later to be a Dumont R 102 Clifton. I did rescue a 1930's Scott radio from that house for I was more of a radio collector.

So there you are.

[jr_tech]

That Emerson prototype, pictured on the ETF site ( see my link above ) looks a bit like like an enlarged RCA 8T-241, and according to the ad, it was displayed in New York...Perhaps what you saw was not an RCA ?

jr