Westinghouse rectangular color???

[Eric H]

The seller thinks it's color(ed) anyone know if this is the ultra rare rectangular Westy Color set from the 50's?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Westinghouse-TV-...QQcmdZViewItem

[David Roper]

Nope, that's not it.

[Sandy G]

Were any of those ever even released for sale? My feeble mind is telling me they were experimental purposes only...Do we know if any have even survived?

[David Roper]

There were at least two models--a tabletop and a console--offered by Westinghouse in 1957. Our own Charles K. Halbert has posted about one he had once upon a time and how its performance left much to be desired.

Among other attributes, it's a series-strung set with one blade of the AC plug tied right to the chassis.







ETF database confirms the survival of one, possibly another.

[oldtvman]

Sorry boys

that is a standard Westinghouse B & W console

[julianburke]

Originally Posted by Eric H

The seller thinks it's color(ed) anyone know if this is the ultra rare rectangular Westy Color set from the 50's?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Westinghouse-TV-...QQcmdZViewItem

Just a plain B & W TV!

[Steve D.]

Scroll through my web page for a 1956 Christmas ad for the Westinghouse 22" color receiver. These sets were offered for sale to the public. Convergence problems were common with these tubes.

-Steve D.

[radotvguy]

It does not look like a color set . I think the buyer has to be a bit smarter then the seller when it comes to buying tvs on ebay . Most of the sellers pick these sets up at yard sales or flea markets and really have no idea of what it is they have . They just buy it and hope to make money on it . I bought a zenith space command 400 from a guy on ebay , a few months back . He listed it as a color set . Being i knew there was such a thing as a space command color set, i bid on it and won it . When i got there to pick it up , it was black and white . The seller seemed puzzled and was starting to argue the point with me . He thought it was color and the color wasnt working . I kinda laughed . I liked it anyhow and just took it and wanted it to be a smooth tranasaction . So one must be smarter then the seller when it comes to ebay sometimes , LOL .

[kx250rider]

Agreeing; its NOT the 22" color set. The color set has a lot more masking around the tube, and has the on-off-vol pot at the left end of the control panel.

Charles

[oldtvman]

Originally Posted by Steve D.

Scroll through my web page for a 1956 Christmas ad for the Westinghouse 22" color receiver. These sets were offered for sale to the public. Convergence problems were common with these tubes.

-Steve D.

Steve,

are there any of these sets known to survive?

[David Roper]

Originally Posted by David Roper

ETF database confirms the survival of one, possibly another.

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[Eric H]

OK, I got some pictures from the seller, one concern I have is they are hosted on a Russian Site. Not sure why a seller in Fla would have an account with a Russian picture hosting site however the fact that they can provide the pics shows that they probably do have the set.


www.foto.mail.ru/mail/antoninasda/144/146.html
www.foto.mail.ru/mail/antoninasda/144/145.html

The only indication of color I can see is the three colored triangles in the logo, the back looks pretty plain for a color set!

[kx250rider]

Originally Posted by oldtvman

Steve,

are there any of these sets known to survive?

Mine is now in the hands of Dr. Dan... I think I've heard of at least one or two others.

Charles

[David Roper]

Other than the LTP convergence, what kind of performance did you get out of this set?

[ohohyodafarted]

Sure would be neet to see a photo of the set Charles. Must be almost the rarest color set around.