<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>We have two winners, Dave and Mike!</div><div><br></div><div>Did anyone on the list ever own/see a Fleetwood Home Television System?</div><div><br></div><div>Google for "Fleetwood Television" (rather than "Fleetwood Home Television System" brings up these links:</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div>They made models for the audiophile market with remote controlled tuning and other adustments for flush-mounting in walls or custom cabinets with tubes from 21-27" back in 1952.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.tvhistory.tv/1952-Fleetwood-Remote-ALL.JPG">http://www.tvhistory.tv/1952-Fleetwood-Remote-ALL.JPG</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.tvhistory.tv/1950-59-FLEETWOOD.htm">http://www.tvhistory.tv/1950-59-FLEETWOOD.htm</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Reveals how Conrac got its name, ownership changes and who owns it now. </div><div>I'm sure RCA would contest the claim that Conrac introduced the first color studio monitor in 1954.</div><div><br></div><div>Nothing to indicate that Fleetwood marketed a color set.</div><div><br></div><div>The <a href="http://RadioMuseum.org">RadioMuseum.org</a> site lists a number of models with prices, some pictures:</div><div><a href="http://www.radiomuseum.org/m/conrac_usa_en_1.html">http://www.radiomuseum.org/m/conrac_usa_en_1.html</a></div><div><br></div></blockquote><div>By 1960, JBL was the authorized distributor for the systems, marketed through "audio specialists" as Hi-Fi component TV.</div><br>Here's an ad from Page 294 of the October 1960, Popular Mechanics:<br><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><br></div></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><img id="6aceba8a-6535-4981-a803-a0ca644a3cb8" height="499" width="331" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:5A3DB52A-599A-4CC8-B552-F6DD633DAD8B@gateway.2wire.net"></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Cheers!</div><div><br></div><div>Ted</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>On Jun 17, 2014, at 8:21 PM, Dave Sieg wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Conrac!</div></blockquote></div><div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div><div>and</div><br><div><div>On Jun 18, 2014, at 3:22 PM, <a href="mailto:mike@bolandcom.com">mike@bolandcom.com</a> wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div><p>Why,
would that be our Conrac?</p><p>"Telephone <span class="st">EDGEWOOD
5-0541".</span></p><p>mike<br>
<a href="mailto:mike@bolandcom.com">mike@bolandcom.com</a><br>
<a href="http://www.bolandcom.com">www.bolandcom.com</a><br>
Pacific-Los Angeles Time Zone<br>
+1 (949) 465-9911 Tel<br>
+1 (949) 465-9944 Fax<br>
___________________________________<br></p><p>On Tue, 17 Jun
2014 20:00:21 -0700, Ted Langdell <<a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>>
wrote:<br></p><blockquote dir="ltr" style="border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; position: static; z-index: auto; " _mce_style="border-left: 2px solid #000000; padding-right: 0px; padding-left:
5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"><br><br><hr><br><div id="html-message"><div>Here's one that might be
easy...</div><div><br></div><div>Fleetwood Home Television Systems: What major
monitor company made them?</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; " _mce_style="font-size:
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Tuesday, October 7. 2014, Savannah, Georgia</b></div><div style="color: rgb(0,
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Quad Videotape Group Lunch at NAB: 12:30pm on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, Las
Vegas Convention
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