[AT] OT:(now tv)

[Steve W.]

I'm not that old but remember the big three. We got NBC, CBS and PBS,
Not all without altering the antenna though. We had B&W right up till
about 75-76. My favorite thing was when we went shopping at Nichols and
I got to sit in front of the wall of TV's they had and watch the latest
Godzilla movies in color. I was one of the few who did get one of the
first video games on the market (Pong).

Got into Heathkit and other kits as well.

Steve Williams
Near Cooperstown, New York


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT:(now tv)


> Guess I'm old too then because I recall the 2 channel system. Black
and
> white of course. Not sure how many hours a day but at some point the
music
> would play and sign off for "test pattern" for the rest of the night.
> TV came to the rural areas here in the late 50s, just about 5 years
after
> the rural electrification project went through. That sure opened up a
lot of
> sales for appliances in the small town businesses.
> How about the old tvs that had to warm up when you turned them on?
None of
> this instant on with the remote. Seems to me it took about half  a
minute
> waiting from the time you turned the old rotary dial on switch til a
picture
> came up.
> When new tvs with colour came out (about 1967) I believe they had
instant on
> with no warm up. What a novelty that was at the time. Amazing how much
we
> take for granted nowadays.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
> http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rob Gray" <Robgray at epix.net>
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> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 11:21 PM
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>
>
> > I'm younger than many on this board, but I'm starting to get old
enough to
> > tell "old timer" type of stories to the new, younger employees at
work. I
> > thought the reaction of disbelief was  funny when I told about how
when I
> > was a kid you would turn on the black and white TV on a Saturday
morning
> > anticipating cartoons and you had to wait for the TV station to
begin
> > broadcasting for the day. They couldn't believe the TV stations
weren't
> > broadcasting 24 hours a day. They really thought I was making things
up
> > when I tried to explain the test pattern that came on before the
first
> > show of the day. lol
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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