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60 years ago today!

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The first commercially available "standard" NTSC color television set was sold.

The 1954 Admiral C1617A console model:

Admiral-Model-1617.JPG



Price? A wallet-emptying $1100 (equivalent to over $10,000 today).

Specifications attached.
 
The first commercially available "standard" NTSC color television set was sold.

The 1954 Admiral C1617A console model:

Admiral-Model-1617.JPG



Price? A wallet-emptying $1100 (equivalent to over $10,000 today).

Specifications attached.

I can hear Uncle Miltie now!
 
Trust your car to the men who wear a star -

Milton_Berle_Texaco_Star_Theater.jpg


(and don't even whisper the word "makeup" ...)
 
The first national color broadcast was the 1954 Tournament of Roses Parade.
 
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