Early color articles in Chicago Tribune

[old_tv_nut]

Originally Posted by Pete Deksnis

By mid-August RCA certainly contributed half this number with the CT-100. But where did another 4000 color sets come from? CBS cranking out 205's? Moto 19-in. color? 500 Westinghouse 15-in. color? I suppose it adds up, but I would have guessed fewer.

Pete

No indication of where they got this number, so it is suspect, but on the other hand, the precise value makes it seem legit.

[Pete Deksnis]

Originally Posted by old_tv_nut

No indication of where they got this number, so it is suspect, but on the other hand, the precise value makes it seem legit.

Yes possibly, but I lean toward Steve's 2200 figure. The manufacturers tended to hype the figures. We know many of their predictions for total sales turned out to be wrong.

Pete