Still a mystery to me

[ChrisW6ATV]

Originally Posted by old_tv_nut

7) not enough red drive, especially in early sets - resulting in a cyan white point (9300k +27 MPCD), which emphasized flesh tone variations in the broadcast

This bluish-white 9300k, what I call "TV white", was the standard in consumer TV sets for a number of years, it seems. I know it was on otherwise high-end displays such as the Sony 25-inch "XBR Pro" as late as 1989 or so, and I also have seen reference to that temperature (or at least bluish-white) in older color-TV setup instructions. Stores loved it certainly, as it made sets look brighter and attract more attention. Only after 1990, when a magazine called "The Perfect Vision" had articles about color temperature and how to improve it in several issues, did I start to see sets that allowed user-adjustable settings.