Article about General Electric 15CL100

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Originally Posted by benman94

For all intents and purposes, BOTH the Admiral and the Zenith are prototypes. The Westy was the first set produced in quantity. The Admiral and Zenith were built in vanishingly small numbers. They survive in similar numbers. One of them, the Zenith, was *actually sold* to third party, WGN, before any other manufacturer sold a set. With all due respect, your argument for the Admiral is specious at best. CBS sold a field sequential set first, Zenith sold what was probably the first all-electronic set. I don't see how you can still argue for the Admiral.

More evidence:

Article published January 4, 1954 in the Pittsburgh Press.

http://www.visions4.net/journal/wp-c...s/IMG_1264.jpg

Article published February 21, 1954 from the Pittsburg Press: “100% trade-in allowance toward color television on any new set purchased from us now.”

http://www.visions4.net/journal/wp-c...s/IMG_1263.jpg

Article published April,9 1954
http://www.visions4.net/journal/wp-c...s/image33.jpeg

This, plus everything I previously posted is why I believe the Admiral 15 inch color set was the first all electronic color set to be marketed and publicly for sale.

Of course the CBS was the first color set. The Zenith that sold was a commercial sale, not a consumer sale and was and is considered a prototype.