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Old 04-09-2012, 08:53 PM
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Just another transistor radio? Please! This is a COLOR
television [?], [personalized?] and battery operated, which
[can?] also [offer?] [stereo?] radio programming for [outdoor?] use.
But don't rush to your favorite RCA dealer for [one?]. It's [an?]
"advanced idea" possibly for the decade of the 1970s, to
be shown by RCA at the summer home furnishings market
at the Merchandise Mart next week. Admiring the set is
Chicagoan Frances [?]
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Old 04-09-2012, 09:02 PM
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Made the cover of May, 1963 Mechanic Illustrated.

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Made the cover of May, 1963 Mechanic Illustrated.

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Look closely at the AM radio dial. "XM" AM radio? I didn't know XM radio technology was that old.
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Old 04-10-2012, 10:19 AM
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Look closely at the AM radio dial. "XM" AM radio? I didn't know XM radio technology was that old.

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Say what you will about Sarnoff, he did pour millions into R&D at RCA. I agree that he probably needed things to "dazzle" the stockholders at the meetings, and this little TV was as good a prop as any, I guess.
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