I think it was just an RCA clone, completely built here...just badge engineered so that Telefunken dealers could offer a color TV. I don't know that for sure.

I'd like a Midland 15-126B B&W set from 1972. We had one when I was growing up, and I have a lot of fond memories.

One of them was NOT the set's reliability, however

The Truetone that I mentioned above was built by Midland - a hybrid color set. It always had a good picture; but, the vertical circuit was always giving some sort of trouble. There was an older man that worked out of his house that kept it going. It was finally retired when it developed a vertical sync problem. After it played for a few minutes, it would start rolling. The hotter it got, the more it rolled and the vertical hold control would not lock it. By this time, the old man had gotten out of the business and no shop wanted to work on it because it was a tube set. When the last shop refused to fix it, my Dad left it there and told them to toss it because he was tired of lugging the heavy beast around. I was only about 10 or 11 at the time, slightly before I started repairing TV's.

The Forecaster by General Electric.

Seems pretty obvious this was supposed to compete with the Predicta but it must have been a failure since I've never seen one show up.

I agree. Looks like a CTC-16 clone. RCA was still licensing these badge-engineered clones as late as '66. My Philco 16M91 roundie is an example of a '66 Philco model bearing suspicious resemblance to the RCA CTC-20. Still, the Telefunken branding itself would make that set distinctive and desirable.

My Dumont C-100 is a fine example of a distinctive set which was built around an "ordinary" RCA CTC-11 chassis design. The cabinet styling is what sets it apart from its RCA roots.

If I can't find a Telefunken roundie, I'd go for a Heathkit roundie...

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c4...ath_7_1965.jpg

That's an interesting Heathkit ad... "Too Technical", no, "Takes Special Test Gear", no, but then the ad has a big list of test instruments you can also order. ;)

The Hoffman stes from the '50's made use of the full colour transmission bandwidth. So did the RCA CTC-2.

Speaking of Hoffmans, add that to my list too. And, being "zenithfan1" I would love to have the 15" prototype Zenith color set. I'm not holding my breath for that one though, just a dream.