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no4mk1t said:
Whippersnappers don't know how good they have it.
Imagine a world with only a handful of channels. If memory serves, we had 5 VHF and a couple of UHF with grainy reception.
No VCR to record the show. Your ass had to be in front of the TV at the appointed hour if you wanted to see it. If you missed it, you had a second chance to see it in reruns in the summer.
With all that, the content was better than today. Who else finds themselves watching the old shows instead of the stuff Hollywood is churning out today?

The CRT (cathode ray tube) televisions were the most common form of home entertainment in the '70s. These bulky televisions featured a large glass screen that used cathode ray tubes to display images. The picture quality, although primitive by today's standards, was considered revolutionary at the time. CRT TVs utilized antennas to receive broadcast signals and required careful positioning to ensure a clear reception; they were equipped with manual knobs to adjust settings such as brightness, contrast, and color saturation.
The screens emitted a soft, warm glow, a stark contrast to the bright, vivid images of today’s televisions. CRT TVs were typically housed in wooden cabinets that turned television sets into pieces of furniture, too. These early televisions were where families would gather to enjoy moments of shared entertainment. With few channel options to choose from, families would eagerly await their favorite shows to air, creating a sense of anticipation and a common cultural experience. This is much different from the on-demand programming we’re used to nowadays.

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That's called a "Fat-Back TV".
 
no4mk1t said:
No VCR to record the show. Your ass had to be in front of the TV at the appointed hour if you wanted to see it. If you missed it, you had a second chance to see it in reruns in the summer.
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Yep. It was a big deal (when I was growing up in Venezuela) to watch the Beatles movies on TV with dubbed Spanish dialogue. I sat there next to the TV, at the ready with my Panasonic cassette recorder, to get my own copy of the songs (in English, of course) played in the movie. Mine was gray.
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no4mk1t said:
Who else finds themselves watching the old shows instead of the stuff Hollywood is churning out today?
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Yep. The "newest" shows we watch are Seinfeld. We still enjoy the Andy Griffith Show reruns, too!

no4mk1t said:
The screens emitted a soft, warm glow, a stark contrast to the bright, vivid images of today’s televisions. CRT TVs were typically housed in wooden cabinets that turned television sets into pieces of furniture, too. These early televisions were where families would gather to enjoy moments of shared entertainment.
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Yep. And to change the channel, you had to GET UP and walk over to the TV. :) And if you wanted to make your parent squawk, you turned that channel knob really fast! LOL!
 
Racer88 said:
Yep. It was a big deal (when I was growing up in Venezuela) to watch the Beatles movies on TV with dubbed Spanish dialogue. I sat there next to the TV, at the ready with my Panasonic cassette recorder, to get my own copy of the songs (in English, of course) played in the movie. Mine was gray.
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Yep. The "newest" shows we watch are Seinfeld. We still enjoy the Andy Griffith Show reruns, too!


Yep. And to change the channel, you had to GET UP and walk over to the TV. :) And if you wanted to make your parent squawk, you turned that channel knob really fast! LOL!
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We didn't get a color TV until well into the 70's. In our house, you didn't "upgrade" until the one you had bit the dust and had to be replaced. That and in the 60's, color TV's were very expensive. But in those days, they were all made in the US, not Asia.

On the flip side, we had an Airstream travel trailer. When I was a kid, we used to take off the day after school let out for summer, returning 2-3 days before school resumed. Traveled all over the US, Mexico, and Canada.
Went to Alaska one year. Got to see things most kids that age only saw in books, magazines, and TV. As hard as it is to believe, the folks had credit cards with all the major petroleum companies. (no Visa or MC back then) They would write a letter (remember those) to each company saying we were on the road and the bill would be paid in full when we got back. Other than that, they carried travelers checks and $500 in cash for the whole summer. My Grandfather keep an expense log for each trip. I still have some of them. He recorded everything. Salem cigarettes 35 cents, etc.
Can't imagine a middle class family being able to afford that today, but we did it every summer in the 60's.
 
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no4mk1t said:
Hmm...Now who here would do such a thing?? :unsure: :p
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I sold cars (unsuccessfully) for a Ford/Saab dealer in the early 90s. Sold the shit out of Mustang GTs, 900 Turbos and Ford trucks but failed to sell enough "bread and butter" cars like Escort and Tempo. One of my secrets to selling the hipo cars was to take the customer on a little road test then I'd go around this rotary (traffic circle) at about twice the speed limit... :devilish:

Racer88 said:
Yep. The "newest" shows we watch are Seinfeld. We still enjoy the Andy Griffith Show reruns, too!
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I "watch" (mainly listen to) MeTV in the shop with a decent shop stereo connected via earphone jack. Usually the westerns in the afternoon. You gotta love the aptly named "The Rifleman" show that begins with a mag dump! :D I also watch StoryTV as it is the next channel "up" on the "dial" (button)--as the remote is broken (battery meltdown), I have to change it manually. :( It is an older 24" 720P LCD TV hooked via coax to a flat "antenna" (about the size/shape of a mousepad) just hanging from the rafters in the attic.

With DTV, I get at least 20 watchable channels OTA that aren't Spanish or religious. I can always switch inputs to the Roku and watch Spectrum or gootoob but I find the regular OTA channels require less input. :) Prior shop TV (also hooked to the stereo) was a 19" CRT using a converter box for DTV. As it had RCA inputs in the front, I was able to donate it to someone wanting a monitor for an older game console for their kids.
 
Let's not forget those glorious vacuum tubes....woot! RCA, Brimar, Amperex, Mullard, GE, Sylvania....oh my.
 

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