[rca2000]

The first solid state color rca set was a TRANS VISTA-- with the venerable ctc-40 chassis. it was NOT modular. It was released in 1968, to counter motorola's quasar. (it did have a hv rectifier tube, a 3cz3,)but was solid state otherwise, with SCR deflection.

I own one of these, and may soon own another. I also own the follow-up to the ctc 40, the ctc-47, (g-2000), which is VERY hard to find.

As I have beeen told in the past, the "new vista"name in rca sets came about, when rca began using nuvistors in their tuners, in 1960, or '61. The XL-100 name means Xtended-LIFE-100 %solid state( I got that from on old magazine ad, around 1971 -I think.)
The first modular rca xl-100 was the ctc-49 19 inch set, from 1971, followed in 1972 by the ctc-46 25 inch set.

The set pictured there is probably a ctc-48, or maybe a ctc-58,or 68. i have worked on many of these in the past, and they are great sets, with a matrix tube, BUT, I WOULD NOT GO WAY OUT OF MY WAY TO GET ONE. They are still easy to find, and not really too valuable, YET.