Hoffman Television was a manufacturer of television

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 sets in the 1950s and 1960s.

Hoffman Television was part of the first coast-to-coast color broadcast in the United States

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 when NBC

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 telecasted the Tournament of Roses Parade

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 on January 1, 1954, with public demonstrations given across the United States on prototype color receivers by manufacturers RCA

RCA

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, General Electric

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, Philco

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, Raytheon

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, Hallicrafters

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, Hoffman, Pacific Mercury

Pacific Mercury

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and others.