Porta-Color

<a href="/facts/General_Electric/bBm5CzVY">General Electric</a>'s Porta-Color was the first "portable" <a href="/facts/Color_television/Un5dDuF7">color television</a> introduced in the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a> in 1966.
The Porta-Color set introduced a new variation of the <a href="/facts/Shadow_mask/eAVorsoX">shadow mask</a> display tube. It had the <a href="/facts/Electron_gun/l6nahAeW">electron guns</a> arranged in an in-line configuration, rather than <a href="/facts/RCA/NWyjNN6R">RCA</a>'s delta arrangement. The main benefit of the in-line gun arrangement is that it simplified the convergence process, and did not become easily misaligned when moved, thus making true portability possible. There were many variations of this set produced from its introduction in 1966 until 1978, all using GE's Compactron vacuum tubes (valves).
The name has been variously written, even in GE's literature, as "Porta Color", "Porta-Color" and "Porta-color". The name may also refer to the specific television model, or less commonly, the style of television tube it used.

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