1959 Philco Safari Model H-2010

The 1959 Philco Safari Model H-2010 was the first transistorized, battery operated portable television. From : “It all begins with this Philco set. Its dimensions are actually quite large: 8“ wide x 15“ tall x 5-1/2“ deep, but the race to build smaller and smaller sets was on! RCA and GE had displayed laboratory models of transistorized TV sets in 1956 and 1958, respectively, but Philco beat everyone in the world to the punch by introducing the Safari model in late 1959.