Saw a 25" combo today. What year did they introduce the "25" ? (actually measures just under 24")

They started with 25" rectangular screens in 1966. In my sales book, there is still one 21" roundie combo listed.

I believe there was some overlap of the roundie and rectangular set as the manufacturers used up all of the remaining stock of round tubes during the transition. At that time, they priced the roundie sets lower. I think you could still buy roundies as late as 1968.

From what I've read, Philco was still selling roundie sets in 1968.

Quite correct re the last roundies, Philco had the 17MT80, Magnavox had the T938. A bit earlier, RCA had the CTC20 and GE had the CB-21. :yes:

Quite correct re the last roundies, Philco had the 17MT80, Magnavox had the T938, RCA had the CTC20 and GE had the CB-21. :yes:

I have no combos anymore, but YOUR MAGNAVOX would be at the top of my wish list.
Click on this Attachment 177050

I don't think there's enough guys there to carry it.

This is the one for sale on Craig's Milw for around $70, somebody save it

Wow! Hi volt, I have this same console in a maple cabinet with remote control. I took the CRT out of it to save a CTC10, so let me know if you need any parts since I think I'm just going to part it out.

Thanks. As soon as my tube order comes in (I had a number of bad tubes in the chroma and video circuits), I'll bring the set up on a variac and see what she does. Flyback looks OK visually. No missing parts that I can see.

I think your set might be from 1963. My set has a different chassis, and the stereo is an Astro-Sonic. Mine also has Instant On (turned off!!), and a sepia switch on the back. I also noticed that your set says 'Color' on the control panel; mine does not.