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Console Television

A Console Television is a type of CRT television most popular but not exclusive to the United States of America. Console CRT televisions are distinguished from standard CRT televisions by their factory-built,non-removable wooden cabinets and speakers, which form an integral part of the televisions' design. Some models included a feature whereby the viewer/operator could answer their telephone by pressing a specific button on the remote control; and could then proceed to engage in the telephone conversation by-means of a speaker-phone built into the cabinet of the television, thus eliminaing the need to use a traditional telephone receiver.

Console televisions were originally accommodated in approximately rectangular radiogram style cabinets and included radio and record playing facilities. However from approximately the mid-1970s onwards, as radiograms decreased and Hi-fi equipment increased in popularity, console televisions became more cuboid in shape and contained most-commonly television, and radio receiving features, and less commonly the addition of an eight track player.

Companies that made these types of television included Zenith, Panasonic, Mitsubishi, and Sylvania.