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The RCA CT-100, one of the first color TV's that came out (1954). This was taken when we visited the American Museum of Radio and Electricity in Bellingham, Wa.

Our Toshiba was ...
Our Toshiba was usually pretty good about that, and only acted up on certain channels in windy weather. The old portable, however, I had to hold the built-in aerial a certain way in? order to watch The Simpsons after school, no matter how nice the weather was.

Yeah I relate to ...
Yeah I relate to you, I'm probably 10 years older then you or something, cause I'm an 80s kid. But? I remember TVs in the 80s and 90s did that jumping picture thing all the time.

there may have been ...
there may have been colour TVs but programmes were werent made in colour in UK til early? 60s I believe , earlier in US

hah?
hah?

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????? ????? ??? ? ???? ????? ??????? ? ???????? ? 50?? ????! ???!

I'm a 90's kid, but ...
I'm a 90's kid, but I felt a wave of nostalgia when I saw that jumping? picture. We had an old portable color TV in our kitchen (knobs and everything) that did that once in a while.

1954 television?? i ...
1954 television?? i can go like... five bucks... lol

Nice? !! 5*
Nice? !! 5*

What is that upper ...
What is that upper tv?

Something not? ...
Something not? right about seeing a Loreal clip on an old television!

hi, interesting ...
hi, interesting story, could u please? say more about this guy fooling around old vaults? what old vaults? where? who owned vaults?

actually color tvs ...
actually color tvs were out as early as 1952. there are much earlier sets but costs versus demand? was extremely prohibitive. for example: plasma as well as LCD was invented in 1962 i think it was around there ill have to recheck the exact date on wiki and was invented for EXACTLY what we use it for now. computer screens to be exact but it wasnt untill recently when some person fooling around old vaults "discovered" the technology and mass produced cheap recievers.

Its a common ...
Its a common misconception that color TVs didn't come out until the early 60s. Also, 1955, after that TVs year is? when the McFlys got their first television set in Back to the Future.

Very nice. I too ...
Very nice. I too restore old tube tv's and? radio's. I just bought a Pilot tv like the one above your color tv. Does your Pilot work? If so you should make a video of it too!

that tv needs some ...
that tv needs some work or the flyback transformer will go? bad

WHAT a GORGEOUS SET ...
WHAT a GORGEOUS SET!! I restore these for a living & you, Sir have one FINE example of an EARLY color TV! Congratulations! ;) PS? if u ever need any knobs, tubes or parts, let me know...I have tons!

I? doubt it.
I? doubt it.

- u gotta be ...
- u gotta be kidding. i just watched an episode of Pawn Stars where they offered a guy 20k for his mobile home, then 25, then 35.... if they can come up 75% in under 60 seconds I'd say these guys are definitely low balling people. I absolutely understand that they run a business and need to make a profit, but these guys are? crooks.

? Today you could ...
? Today you could sell a tv like that for at least $7,00 to 9,000

no i don't believe ...
no i don't believe so. It was several people that kind of took part in it with their own inventions? that lead up to. Just do a simple google search and it will tell you everything.

is? true that a ...
is? true that a mexican developed the color tv system?

@TVonthePorch: as ...
@TVonthePorch: as rockabillycat1954 mentioned, the RCA CT-100 was the first *production* color TV. One could buy an Admiral? or Westinghouse or Motorola 15-in. color TV before the CT-100, but they were at best pilot production runs of only a few hundred sets at most, and probably no where near that many. By comparison, there were over 4000 CT-100's made as statistically demonstrated by surviving set serial numbers. Pete

Things? like that ...
Things? like that were made to last.

RCA nowdays stands ...
RCA nowdays stands for: Real? Crappy Apparatus

Many agree with you ...
Many agree with you and argue the same point...despite incontrovertible proof that Westinghouse color sets were in stores prior to the CT-100 and compelling evidence that Admiral? color sets were available even earlier.

Was that WHOO WHOO ...
Was that WHOO WHOO WHOO coming from that TV? I would? been afraid it was going to blow up.

Great? video man!
Great? video man!

That noise in the ...
That noise in the background at? the beginning of the video was caused by a Theremin (the first electronic instrument sold commercially). The Theremin station at the museum is located right by this particular RCA CT-100.

is it suppose to ...
is it suppose to make? that noise?

The CT-100 was and ...
The CT-100 was and is capable of very rich color. It kind of looked like a Sony Trinitron in a big fish tank, for lack of a better description. The video here doesn't totally show the color as it is. Of course, the set? must be adjusted to perform at its best.... Thanks for showing a great historical TV.