Designed by Catherine Winkler, Severin Jonassen and Richard Whipple, it featured a picture tube (CRT) that separated from the rest of the cabinet.

Predicta television sets were constructed with a variety of cabinet configurations, some detachable but all separate from the tube itself and connected by wires.

[4] As its manufacturer explained in mid-1959, “The world’s first separate screen receiver, Philco’s ‘Predicta,’ marked a revolution in the design and engineering of television sets.

Also unique to this version was a large handle over the top to carry the cathode ray tube portion wherever the viewer wanted it.

This set feature provided Philco with an answer to Zenith's wireless remote control, “Space Command”, which had been introduced the same year.