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I wonder if the styling changes are related to the fact that all the sets are no longer made in the USA. Bill R |
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Differences in the set?
Ita, is the set in your photos an earlier production model or a prototype? It looks to have a metal cabinet and some much simpler trim than the other photos and the Worlds Fair picture. And it looks like it is on wheels and has the more square screen than in the photos from Triniscope.
Were many of these ever sold in Japan? Dave A |
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Compare that to the advertising for television in the 1940's and early 1950's. Men wore dapper suits, ladies wore evening gowns, it was a formal gathering for TV night! TV was, at first, truly a trophy for the affluent person, in a richly-appointed cabinet, often making up a sizable part of the cost! |
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I would agree with the above, but I also think there is a big culture gap between eastern/western thinking... If that set were built in Germany, it would have had a nice cabinet. The English weren't exactly rollin' in dough after WWII either, but they still had some style in their manufactured goods.
I don't know if Australia was effected much one way or the other by WWII, but their products look the most "American" of anything other than the real-deal. This communual "global" sell-in-every-nation crap makes for some pretty boring stuff.
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