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jr_tech

02-01-2011 02:44 PM

Early Rectangular Screen Vacuum Tube Portables

This turned up on the 'Bay. The Photofact for the set is 275-7 (1955):
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-EMERSON-...71509291572346
After all of the leatherette- covered 7JP4 models of the early 50s, could this be about the first rectangular screen portable offered?
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jr

dieseljeep

02-01-2011 03:18 PM

I have two of those sets. The first rectangular portable was a 1952 Motorola 14" . The design was simular to the 9", out a few years earlier, where the front cover protected the screen and controls.

jr_tech

02-01-2011 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dieseljeep (Post 2993732)

The first rectangular portable was a 1952 Motorola 14" . The design was simular to the 9", out a few years earlier, where the front cover protected the screen and controls.

Thanks! I guess that would be this set :
http://tvhistory.tv/1952-Motorola-14P2U.JPG
From the TV history site. Quite an arm stretcher, but it has all of the elements of a portable.
jr

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