CT-100

[2] The world's first color TV set was the Westinghouse H840CK15, released in March 1954, but only 500 were made and only around 30 were sold.

The CT-100, which had 36 vacuum tubes in its CTC-2 chassis (known as "Merrill" to the marketing department) was the most complicated electronic device sold to the general public at the time of its release.

After initial sales to early adopters, the rest sold poorly, even after a price cut.

Many were donated by RCA for training purposes to trade schools and technical colleges, the source of most of today's survivors.

Early NBC Living Color programs included An Evening with Fred Astaire.