Early Color Television in Detroit

[old_tv_nut]

That one for the Kraft Parkay contest to win a 21" set reminds me of the live Kraft commercials, which had some of the absolutely best color of any early color broadcasts.

[Pete Deksnis]

Originally Posted by old_tv_nut

That one for the Kraft Parkay contest to win a 21" set reminds me of the live Kraft commercials, which had some of the absolutely best color of any early color broadcasts.

I no longer have an inkling of what the shows were about. But I sure do remember those commercials. Close-ups of bright, saturated color. They must of had a ring of flood lights over the set, just out of camera view. Musta cooked the cheese!

Pete

[tornadoman]

Originally Posted by Pete Deksnis

I no longer have an inkling of what the shows were about. But I sure do remember those commercials. Close-ups of bright, saturated color. They must of had a ring of flood lights over the set, just out of camera view. Musta cooked the cheese!

Pete

Saturation could be brought up a bit on this quad transfer, but there are some vintage "taped" Kraft commercials on this 1959 broadcast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wymn1ZppcPg

[Steve D.]

I like the Hot "N" Kold dept. store 1957 ads featuring the Westinghouse color sets heavily discounted. I assume these were the 22" rectangular Westy's on close out.

-Steve D.

[benman94]

Originally Posted by Steve D.

I like the Hot "N" Kold dept. store 1957 ads featuring the Westinghouse color sets heavily discounted. I assume these were the 22" rectangular Westy's on close out.

-Steve D.

That's what I assumed at first, but when was the 22 incher introduced? The advertisement is from February 1957. I kind of assumed it would have to have been an earlier Westy. Weren't the 22 inchers introduced in 1957?

[jr_tech]

Originally Posted by benman94

Weren't the 22 inchers introduced in 1957?

And discontinued in 1957 as well. The 1958 model had a 21CYP22. Sams #357 for the rectangular version is dated 5-57.

jr

[benman94]

Originally Posted by jr_tech

And discontinued in 1957 as well. The 1958 model had a 21CYP22. Sams #357 for the rectangular version is dated 5-57.

jr

That makes it extremely unlikely that the set in the Hot N Kold advertisement was a 22 inch model. I can't imagine Westinghouse introducing the 22 incher and then withdrawing it, all by February of 1957.