Westinghouse H840CK15
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The Westinghouse H840CK15 was the first consumer all-electronic color
television set
sold in the USA in March 1954, beating the RCA
Victor CT-100
to market by only a few weeks.
Color television
Color television is part of the history of television, the technology of television and practices associated with television's transmission of moving images in color video....
television set
Television set
A television set is a device that combines a tuner, display, and speakers for the purpose of viewing television. Television sets became a popular consumer product after the Second World War, using vacuum tubes and cathode ray tube displays...
sold in the USA in March 1954, beating the RCA
RCA
RCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was an American electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986. The RCA trademark is currently owned by the French conglomerate Technicolor SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Technicolor...
Victor CT-100
Ct-100
For the Bajaj motorcycle, see Bajaj CT 100Introduced in April 1954 the RCA CT-100 was the second all-electronic consumer color television set in the USA, preceeded by the Westinghouse H840CK15 by a few weeks. The color picture tube measured 15 inches diagonally. The viewable picture was just...
to market by only a few weeks.