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4 February 2024
Do you remember the first color TV on your block? If so, you’re not a youngster anymore! I recall my friend’s parents buying a color TV when we lived in Spring Valley, California. Naturally, I went over to witness the magic and was absolutely mesmerized. Not long after, we got our own color TV at home. Those early color TVs had roundish screens. I remember a commercial featuring a cartoon man singing, “Wow! I got color TV, RCA Victor color TV.” RCA no longer manufactures TVs, and I don’t think they’re still in business. If you come across a new product branded with RCA, it’s because someone else bought their trademark. Hmmm… that took an unexpected turn.
“Color television! Bah, I won’t believe it until I see it in black and white.” - Samuel Goldwyn
“Why does a pair of sunglasses cost more than a 25-inch color television?” - Ron White
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@elliek
That would be about right, television became widely available in the early 1950s, the coronation was in 1953. I was around but too young to recall that event.
@Swede1952 @elliek I’m “young” enough that when I was a kid (1970s) most people had colour TV as their main set (unless they were seniors), but there was still enough black and white programmes about that the TV companies would add “IN COLOUR” to their idents. It wasn’t uncommon by late 1970s to have a small black and white set as a second TV - this often had a stronger RF amplifier and you could receive signals from other regions or even foreign countries due to atmospherics…
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Yea it took a while to phase all of the bland and white TVs out. I’ll bet there are still some around, channel knob and all. Similarly, we still have on CRT TV left and I’ve been slowly scheming to replace it with a LED TV.
@[email protected] @[email protected] old boys collect them here and restore them (there was also an unusual 405 line standard in Britain for black and white TV using VHF frequencies (ceased in 1985 and now reallocated to digital audio broadcasting and fixed audio links for radio stations) - its a popular project amongst such hobbyists to build a small modulator and play old movies and TV shows or even YouTube to these sets…