View Full Version : RCA Stereo TV ca. 1960


Vegas70
08-22-2012, 04:10 PM
Any info or pics about that TV seit?

David Roper
08-22-2012, 04:39 PM
With that shape of CRT I would expect it's about the earliest of its kind. I'd say definitely all tube but for the fact that RCA had snuck a transistor or two into sets even earlier than this one just for s&g.

Electronic M
08-22-2012, 10:09 PM
You do realize the stereo speakers would be useful only for the built in phonograph. In 1958 RCA adopted the 45-45 stereo record recording method(ending a format debate that had been going for a few years by then). In 1961 stereo FM broadcast was standardized by the FCC. And there was not FCC approval of a stereo TV sound transmission system until 1985(!)...Which to someone born well after that time(read me) who is well acquainted with technology through the ages seems about two decades late.....

Eric H
08-22-2012, 10:14 PM
That set is at Graceland if I'm not mistaken? Given to Elvis by RCA.

Vegas70
08-23-2012, 06:17 PM
That set is at Graceland if I'm not mistaken? Given to Elvis by RCA.

You´re right and I am looking for a good photo of that model.