Television digest with AM-FM reports (Jan-Dec 1950)
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Motorola hiked prices $20 to $50 on entire line of 29 TVs (Vol. 6:30), effective Sept. 1. New prices (increases in parentheses) :
14-in. rect. : 14T3, walnut plastic table, $189.95 ($20) ; 14K1, mahogany wood console, $259.95 ($20) ; 14K1B, same, blonde, $269.95 ($20).
17-in. rect.: 17T3, walnut plastic table, $219.95 ($20) ; 17T1, mahogany wood table, $259.95 ($20) ; 17T1B, same, blonde, $269.95 ($20) ; 17T2, mahogany table, different cabinet, $259.95 ($20) ; 17T2B, same, blonde, $269.95 ($20) ; 17K4, mahogany console, $269.95 ($20) ; 17K1, mahogany console, different cabinet, $289.95 ($20) ; 17K1B, same, blonde, $299.95 ($20) ; 17K2, mahogany console, half-doors, $329.95 ($40) ; 17K2B, same, blonde, $339.95 ($40) ; 17K3, mahogany console, full doors, $359.95 ($30) ; 17K3B, same, blonde, $379.95 ($30) ; 17F5, mahogany console, AM-FM-phono, $429.95 ($30) ; 17F5B, same, blonde, $449.95 ($30) ; 17F1, mahogany console, AM-FM-phono, different cabinet, $449.95 ($30) ; 17F1B, same, blonde, $469.95 ($40) ; 17F2, walnut console. Provincial, AM-FMphono, $479.95 ($30) ; 17F3B, same, modern blonde,
$499.95 ($30) ; 17F4, mahogany console, period, AM-FMphono, $499.95 ($30).
19in.: 19K2, mahogany console, $369.95 ($30) ; 19K2B, same, blonde, $389.95 ($30) ; 19K3, mahogany console, half-doors, period, $429.95 ($50) ; 19K4, same, traditional, full doors, $449.95 ($50) ; 19K4B, same, blonde, $469.95 ($50).
20in. rect.: 20F1, mahogany console, AM-FM-phono, traditional, $625 ($50); 20F1B, same, blonde, $650 ($50).
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Sylvania raised prices $10 to $30, effective Aug. 31, on 23 sets of new line (Vol. 6:27), also substituted four 17-in. rectangular models for previous 16-in. rectangular sets, dropped one 12% -in. model. Prices of 7 radios were raised $2 to $3. New TV prices (increases in parentheses) :
12%-in.: Model 246, mahogany table, $199.95 ($10); 245, console, $229.95 ($10) ; 128, console combination, $319.95 ($20). Company plans to drop 12%-in. when current inventory is exhausted.
14-in. rect.: 4120M, mahogany table, $209.95 ($20); 4130W, same, walnut console, $249.95 ($20) ; 4130M, same, mahogany, $259.95 ($20); 4130B, blonde, $269.95 ($20).
16-in. rect.: 6110X, mahogany table, $249.95 ($20) ; 6120W, same, walnut, more sensitive chassis, $259.95 ($10) ; 6120M, same, mahogany, $269.95 ($10) ; 6120B, same, blonde, $279.95 ($10) ; 6130W, same, walnut console, $309.95 ($10) ; 6130M, same, mahogany, $319.95 ($10); 61.30B, same, blonde, $339.95 ($20).
16-in. round: lllOX, mahogany table, $219.95 ($20); 247, console, $299.95 ($20) ; 090, same, doors, $339.95 ($20).
19-in. round: 5130W, walnut console, $409.95 ($10) ; 5130M, same, mahogany, $429.95 ($10) ; 5130B, same, blonde, $459.95 ($10) ; 5140M, same, mahogany deluxe console, $479.95 ($10) ; 5140B, same, blonde, $509.95 ($10) ; 5150M, same, AM-FM-phono, $675 ($30). Models 5140M & 5140B were originally priced at $539.95 & $559.95 respectively (Vol. 6:27) but were cut in mid-July.
Four new 17-in. rect. sets are: 7140W, walnut console, doors, $359.95; 7140M, same, mahogany, $369.95; 7150M, same, AM-FM-phono, $479.95; 7160B, same, blonde,
$509.95. All 16-in. rect. will be replaced by 17-in. rect. as tubes become available.
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Sparton boosted prices $10 to $30 on 14 of 21 new sets (Vol. 6:25) effective Sept. 1. These are new prices (increases in parentheses) :
16-in. rectangular: Model 5025 Belmar, mahogany
table, $249.95 ($10) ; 5026, same in blonde, $254.95 ($10) ; 5029 Gorham, mahogany table, $269.95 ($10) ; 5030, same in blonde, $274.95 ($10) ; 5076 Lynbrook, mahogany console, $299.95 ($20) ; 5077, same in blonde, $309.95 ($20) ; 5079 Ardmoor, same, mahogany, doors, $319.95 ($20) ; 5080, same in blonde, $329.95 ($20) ; 5088 Westmont, same with AM-FM-phono, mahogany, $419.95 ($20) ; 5089, same in blonde, $429.95 ($20) ; 5082 Nassau, same, different cabinet, mahogany, $459.95 ($20) ; 5083, same in blonde, $469.95 ($20).
19-in. round : 5085 Carnegie, mahogany console, doors, $429.95 ($30) ; 5086, same in blonde, $439.95 ($30).
Sparton now producing 500 TVs a day.
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Arvin raised prices $10-$30 on entire line (Vol. 6:25), dropped 4 models held over from 1950, including its one 10-in. set. Nev/ prices (increases in parentheses) :
8y2-in.: 4080T, metal table, $129.95 ($10).
12%in.: 2123TM, mahogany table, $169.95 ($20); 2121TM, same, better cabinet, $189.95 ($20) ; 2126CM, consolette, $199.95 ($20) ; 2120CM, same, better cabinet, $219.95 ($20); 2124CCM, console, AM-FM-phono, $299.95 ($20).
16-in. rectangular: 2161TM, mahogany table, $239.95 ($20) ; 2164CM, console, % doors, $299.95 ($20) ; 2164CB, same in blonde, $319.95 ($30); 2162CCM, console, AMphono, 18th Century, $379.95 ($30).
16in. round: 2150CM, mahogany console, $269.95 ($20) ; 2160CB, same in blonde, $279.95 ($20) ; 4162CM, same in better cabinet, more sensitive chassis, $349.95 ($20) ; 4162CB, same in blonde, $369.95 ($30).
Models dropped: 4081T, 8%-in. green metal table, $119.95; 3100TM, 10-in. mahogany table, $199.50; 3120, 12%-in. console with more sensitive chassis, $279.95; 3160CM, 16-in. console with more sensitive chassis, $349.50.
DuMont’s recently announced 10% increase (Vol. 6:30) actually ranges from $20 to $55 and covers only 9 of its 17 sets (Vol. 6:29). It’s made effective Sept. 5 instead of Sept. 1, as originally proposed. In releasing new lists on the 9 models, DuMont stated other models will have new prices later. These are DuMont’s new prices (increases in parentheses) :
17in. rectangular: Brookville, modern console, FMphono-jack, $389.95 ($30) ; Burlingame, same with doors, $429.95 ($30) ; Revere, same in Colonial, $439.95 ($40) ; Tarrytown, console, AM-FM-phono, mahogany, $630 ($55).
19-in. round: Ardmore, modern console, FM-phonojack, $439.95 ($40) ; Westerly, same with doors, $489.95 ($30); Mount Vernon, same in Georgian, $499.95 ($20); Hanover, same in Hepplewhite, $589.95 ($25) ; Sherbrooke, same, 18th Century, AM-FM-phono, $745 ($50).
Among larger military contracts for electronics equipment announced by Commerce Dept, for week ended Aug. 30 (all let through Signal Corps, Philadelphia) : Sperry Gyroscope, $4,000,000, radar sets (214 units); Federal Telephone & Radio Corp., $3,250,000, radio sets (no. units not given) ; Western Electric, $400,000, radio sets (535 units; RCA, $270,000, radio sets (10,291 units); Lewyt Corp., $200,000, radio sets (1130 units).
New Westinghouse TV-radio division main plant will be in Metuchen, N. J., where 50-acre tract has been acquired for construction of 400,000-sq. ft. factory due for completion April 1, 1951. Present Sunbury (Pa.) plant, employing about 3000, will continue. Plans are to triple TV manufacturing capacity.