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Trivia - Doug Houston - 12-22-2005

In 1952, I went with my mother to select a new Philco TV set. We were fortunate enough to buy it from the Philco Distributor, Buhl Sons Co., in Detroit. It was a 17" console, model 52-T-1850. In those days, Philco held the title for hot tuners, and it was well-earned. The tuner in that set was known as a "Colorado" tuner......so what? I was able to find out that Philco's tuners were named for the state in which the project engineer on that tuner came from.

Now, ain't that a thrilling piece of information?

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- Chuck Schwark - 12-22-2005

Always wondered about project code name, Doug.

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