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10-02-2009, 10:52 PM
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Westinghouse 22 inch color restoration
I got the opportunity last Sunday to pick up this 22 inch Westinghouse color set from a local collector to restore. I finished recapping it this evening. This set is the exact same model as the one owned by Jr-tech posted in another thread. It is rather ironic that two of these sets are being posted in just a few weeks of one another.
The CRT tests strong and overall the set is in good condition. I have included some preliminary screen shots. I have yet to do a major set-up. There are still some issues with it. There is a bad case of video smearing that is next to address. So far the convergence is not bad. In fact, it is better than some roundies that I have seen. I will add updates when I get some of the problems worked out. Steve 
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10-02-2009, 11:32 PM
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Wow... that is absolutely AMAZING! The 22EP22 itself must have been pretty good... here we see 2 for 2 having good emissions. That's better odds than the earlier 15 inch tubes! The brightness on those tubes look better than most 21" roundies!
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10-02-2009, 11:33 PM
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What can I say? Fantastic!
Now I will speculate: It has be supposed that he reason this 22" rectangular set "failed" was that the convergence was "no good". But I offer another hypothesis. The convergence was OK, but the cost of the CRT was high, and by 1958, the color TV market had hit rock bottom. By the next year, only RCA fielded a set, using their round CRT. No manufacturer wanted to spend any more money to develop or market a rectangular CRT into a color TV market that was loosing money for everyone. So for the better part on a decade, the easy to produce round CRT, funded and developed mainly by RCA, was the CRT available. It was not until the mid 1960s that the burgeoning color TV market justified reinvestment in development of a next generation rectangular CRT. Just my theory of how it was....
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10-03-2009, 12:35 AM
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OMG! What an awesome experience to be able to restore one of those, great work!
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10-03-2009, 06:49 AM
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I'm floored! A joy to behold!! Darnit, I love vintage color sets! Thanks for the pictures!
Kevin
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10-03-2009, 10:28 AM
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Hey, that's great news! Coincidently, I found one of the auxiliary knobs that fell off that set before (local collector) bought it from me. I think has 1 of the 3 on it, and 1 was missing when I found the set. Now the next question: How in Sam Hill did you get that out of the house?
Charles
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10-03-2009, 05:16 PM
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Hey, you're off to quite the start !! Would NOT mind owning one of these....excellent.
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10-03-2009, 07:32 PM
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Fantastic Steve!!!!! The picture is looking better and better. And I know it looks much better in person than the screen shots show
When you get around to it, could you take some shots of the rear of the chassis from several angles so we can see what the machanicals of this set look like. Do I see what appears to be a field neutralizing coil, or is it a degausing ring. Does it also have purity magnets around the front of the screen? Nice Work Steve!!!
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10-03-2009, 10:00 PM
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That is so cool, and bizarre, to see color pictures on a screen that looks like it should be B&W!
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10-04-2009, 06:12 PM
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Wow, so awesome to see a 50s rectangular tube colour TV in operation, awesome restoration work Steve!!!
 Look forward to seeing this set completely restored and put together!
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10-04-2009, 06:53 PM
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That is absolutely amazing! First I find out they made a rectangular color crt before the 15gp22 then I see two of them show up within 2 weeks of eachother, both crt's are good too!
My hats off to you on a great restore!
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10-04-2009, 06:56 PM
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The Westinghouse rectangular color CRT did NOT pre-date the 15GP22. The 15GP22, 15HP22, 19VP22 and 21AXP22 all came before.
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