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Old 06-27-2009, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by David Roper View Post
The 30" Du Mont Royal Sovereign was released in 1951. If you didn't want to go that large, makers such as GE and Stromberg-Carlson made big screen sets that year up to 24" along with the many 19" round and 20" rectangular sets that were on the market.

By 1952 there were 27" and 24" rectangular sets along with the 21" size which at that time became the standard.
Ah. Thank You for the clarification.

I was just shining up my Royal Sovereign. I still can't believe how BIG this thing is. It has a date written on the cabinet of "5/11/51." It's an early production model.

Speaking of 30" CRT's, I need one for this Teleset. So, if you hear anything...

LJB
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