Magnavox First Color TV

[TV Engineer]

The first color set Magnavox manufactured was the U45 series chassis, a 21" round color in 1964. The chassis was used in the following year's sets with a rectangular tube, and was the U904 chassis.

While it used RCA patented circuitry, it was far superior to RCA's color sets. It used better quality PC boards, and seemed to stand up to the heat better. I also feel that it had a better picture. It also had AFC on some versions... something RCA did not.

I know there are a lot of RCA fans here, but after 31 years in the electronics industry, I have to say Magnavox made a superior TV and radio chassis, and their record changers were in a class by themselves.