Radio Age - 1955, April - 36 Pages, 2.8 MB, .PDF - VacuumTubeEra

WHY THIS SIGN
IS YOUR GUIDE TO
FINER TELEVISION
RCA's 36 years' experience
is yours to share in TVblack-and-white
or color
When the time comes for you to purchase
a TV set and enjoy the most fabulous
medium of entertainment ever created
for the home, here are facts that will help
you make the right decision.
To pioneer and develop television, in
color as well as in black-and-white, called
for a special combination of practical experience,
great resources and research
facilities in the fields of communications
and electronics.
RCA was well qualified to do the job:
EXPERIENCE: RCA has been the recognized
leader in radio communications
since its formation thirty-six years ago.
Rs world-wide wireless circuits, established
in 1919, and its development of
. . the
electron tubes, laid the groundwork for
and radio broadcasting in 1920 .
first nationwide radio network in 1926.
Radio broadcasting led to television—
and in 1939 RCA made history by introducing
black-and-white TV as a service
to
the public.
Dr. V. K. Zworykin of RCA invented
the iconoscope, or television camera tube,
and he developed the kinescope, now universally
used as the picture tube.
RESOURCES: Pioneering and development
of color TV has been one of the
most challenging and expensive projects
ever undertaken by private industry. To
date, RCA has spent $50,000,000 on color
TV research and development, in addition
to the $50,000,000 previouslv spent
in getting black-and-white TV "off the
ground" and into service.
RESEARCH FACILITIES: RCA has One
of the most complete, up-to-date laboratories
in the world—the David Sarnoff Research
Center at Princeton, N. It is J.
the
birthplace of compatible color television
and many other notable electronic developments.
No wonder that you can turn to RCA
to find all of the essentials of quality and
dependability born only of experience.
In addition, the RCA Service Company,
manned by a corps of trained technicians,
operates service branches in all principal
television areas. No other organization is
so thoroughly equipped to install and service
vour television set, as well as any
other RCA product.
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OF AMERICA
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