History of max CRT sizes?

[Chad Hauris]

It seems like 23" was the standard for the largest rectangular screen color sets from 1964-1973 or so and then the more rectangular 25" took over then in popularity.
Magnavox and Sony seemed to have a 26" in the mid 80's and then it seemed like 27" was most popular.

I think Mitsubishi had some of the first 31" or 35" sets in the mid 80's or so...there are people still using these sets because they like the cabinetry of them.

The 27" b/w sets are great! Really big screen, even bigger than a 27" color set as the screen is more curved. Magnavox still made these into the mid 60's as a "luxury" b/w set with a photocell to automatically adjust brightness and other special features.