Shape of water film - vintage US TVs galore!

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Originally Posted by Argus25

In the comments on that youtube link, somebody remarked the this set came out in 1963, if that was correct then they would not have got it very far off. It is interesting in the scene from the movie posted by the OP, it seems to be a monochrome image, maybe they were trying to make it look older too.

In general early American TV sets were always somewhat futuristic in their designs and they were often the first with innovations with various remotes & set top boxes for UHF. I guess with the enormous market there it funded R&D well at places like Zenith and RCA. Many Americans were able to watch color TV in their homes in 1954 on RCA CT100 chassis that employed the round color 15GP22 CRT. So color was already old hat in the mid 1960's for them, that is, if you could afford it. The engineers at Zenith seemed to have a particular knack for creative circuit designs.

Here's some links to Zenith's 1963 and 1964 color TV brochures. I can't find one online for 1965. I don't see an exact match for the cabinet, but it could be a custom cabinet for the movie.
http://www.bretl.com/tvarticles/docu...TVbrochure.pdf
http://www.bretl.com/tvarticles/docu...TVbrochure.pdf

Originally Posted by Brigham

Another interesting observation in the film 'still' is the curious habit the Americans had in the '50s and '60s, of having their 'Teevee' screens down on the floor. It fascinated me as a kid; it just looked so 'wrong'.

It wasn't until I got into the hobby a few years ago that I realized how unique we were in this. I guess it's because console sets were so popular here and manufacturers made them to blend in with the rest of the furniture in the room. Some companies even advertised that lower screens were a more natural viewing angle.