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Originally Posted by ohohyodafarted
Too bad RCA didn't use nicer cabinets on these color sets. After all there were the pinacle of the entire RCA tv line. You would think they would have wanted wonderful furniture cabinets like DuMont and Zenith used in their B&W console sets. I guess they were trying to keep costs on the color sets down so people would be more likely to buy one)
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Well, as they say, you pays your money and you takes your choice. The CTC-5 series was RCA's first attempt at a "full line" of color sets, with models available in a fairly wide range of cabinet styles and prices. So, just as with their B&W models, RCA offered sets in simple cabinets with printed finishes all the way up to high-end Deluxe-line models in big solid hardwood cabinets with doors. Not all CTC-5's have a cabinet with a printed finish..! But, hey, you paid a substantial preminum for that fancy cabinet, and not everyone is going to choose that. I seem to remember reading somewhere that even with its rather basic cabinet, the $495 "Aldrich" CTC-5 Special almost ended up a loss-leader for RCA.