Unique RCA 621TS

[decojoe67]

Originally Posted by tubesrule

The electronics design is very post war and is basically a stripped down 630. Anything is speculation at this time as far as the cabinet design goes. It could very well be that something along the lines of this cabinet was designed pre/during the war by Vassos. It may originally have been larger in order to house pre-war electronics and was shrunk along with the chassis post-war. In this respect it might be considered pre-war inspired, but of course this is just speculation.

I think you nailed it. All that's needed now is someone to find some kind of documentation from RCA. I'm surprised that by this time that has not happened.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by decojoe67

I think you nailed it. All that's needed now is someone to find some kind of documentation from RCA. I'm surprised that by this time that has not happened.

It seemed a little strange that RCA came out with the 621 and then the 630. Then for the next model year, they came out with the 721, which is simular the 621. Even the flyback is the same.

[decojoe67]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

It seemed a little strange that RCA came out with the 621 and then the 630. Then for the next model year, they came out with the 721, which is simular the 621. Even the flyback is the same.

In my opinion it would have made sense to have the 721TS come out along with the 630, but with the 7" CRT. The squarer post-war design matched the styling theme of the other sets. RCA somehow felt committed to having to sell the small stock of the 621TS after the war. Assuming the cabinets, or parts of the cabinets, were made before the war seems like the only sensible possibility.
Who knows what was going on at the RCA labs and factories during the war. Take the 630. It was quickly put on the market right after the war in '46 with hardly a single flaw - with a totally new chassis design! Does anyone believe that was all done within a year? Most other companies, like Philco, needed another couple of years! RCA was a monster company with the resources to do as they pleased.