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As its manufacturer explained in mid-1959, âThe worldâs first separate screen receiver, Philcoâs âPredicta,â marked a revolution in the design and engineering of television sets. Announced in June 1958, âPredictaâ was made possible by the development of a shorter 21-inch picture tube called the âSFâ
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in 1961. This set feature provided Philco with an answer to Zenith's wireless remote control, âSpace
Commandâ, which had been introduced the same year. The Predicta was announced to the industry in 1958, and launched to the public the following year at the 1959
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from 1958 to 1960. The
Predicta was marketed as the worldâs first swivel-screen television. Designed by Catherine Winkler, Severin Jonassen and Richard Whipple, it featured a picture tube (
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Seventeenerâ portables in the âPredictaâ line are the thinnest and most compact portables on the market today.â
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