jeyurkon
10-07-2009, 10:32 PM
This article is from the January 1951 Sylvania News.
They mention that to receive color, it is necessary to use a color converter consisting of a tri-color picture tube, a new deflection yoke, and other additional circuits necessary to receive the color.
Were any such color kits ever made?
John
Steve McVoy
10-08-2009, 08:11 AM
Go to the section on field test sets on this page and you'll see photos of two RCA "Color Converters" from 1951.
http://www.earlytelevision.org/color_prototypes.html
jeyurkon
10-08-2009, 01:32 PM
Wow! Just when I think I've perused everything on your site, you point out something I've missed!
John
jr_tech
10-08-2009, 02:24 PM
Go to the section on field test sets on this page and you'll see photos of two RCA "Color Converters" from 1951.
http://www.earlytelevision.org/color_prototypes.html
I don't get it... those look much like complete tv sets, did they have to be plugged into a B/W set to operate? If so, what circuits/ signals were provided by the B/W set? I would think that other than the tuner, IF strip and sound circuits, a B/W set would have little to offer. Were those perhaps complete conversions of B/W sets, rather than converters? :scratch2:
jr