50's era Russian color receiver??

[Steve D.]

Originally Posted by vts1134

This is the Радуга 2 or "Rainbow 2". I think it was a 1957 or 1958 release. It followed the mechanical телевизор Радуга or "Rainbow TV" which is the only art deco color television I think I've ever seen. If you can understand Russian here is a video that shows the телевизор Радуга https://youtu.be/_5A-XP9eydI.

John,

Thanks so much for the info. & the link. I was reminded that the ETF site posted a page on that first Russian field sequential "Raduge" color set sometime back: http://www.earlytelevision.org/russian_color.html. The later '57 21" roundie "Rainbow 2" is also briefly mentioned but escaped my attention earlier. Afraid my Russian is a bit rusty, but I got the gist of the video just viewing the film.

-Steve D.

[SwizzyMan]

Wonder if SECAM colors were significantly different compared to NTSC colors for a set this early. I wouldn't think Russia would have possibly outsourced color crts from the US due to the escalating Cold War. Or were they capable of this by then I wonder?