RCA's CT-100 was the first color-TV set for consumers. It offered low quality at a high price. Courtesy RCA __1954: __RCA begins production of its first color-TV set for consumers, the CT-100.

RCA once was one of the county's largest industries ... That inaugural model, the CT-100, named "The Merrill,'' had a sizable downside. First was the price. At $1,000, the equivalent of nearly ...