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Old 05-17-2009, 05:18 PM
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I think I remember reading-Prolly here- that Zenith was a relative latecomer to the color game, not making their 1st sets til '62 or so.There was, as we say down here in the country, "Bad blood" between Gen. David Sarnoff, the meglomaniac who ran RCA, & Commander Eugene McDonald, Jr, the meglomaniac who ran Zenith. McDonald was gone by '62, but old habits die hard...Perhaps they were trying to develop a color set that used as little of RCA's designs as possible...
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