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The original Batman. Every Weds and Thurs night. Great fucking show.

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For the cost of a 50-cent part that had cooked in the lightning hit, our family was the among the VERY early adopters of glorious color TV. Of course, only about 3 shows were actually ON in color in those early days, but we always watched them.

Star Trek?

The original Batman. Every Weds and Thurs night. Great fucking show.

Again, years later (and it was once a week then, too. "Stay tuned next week. Same Bat-Time. Same Bat-Channel.)

From 1960-63 for example, the TV Guide would put a little (c) behind shows that were in color.

IIRC, Bonanza and Lassie were among the earlier ones we used to watch in color.

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The original Batman. Every Weds and Thurs night. Great fucking show.

You can tell those are some of the original color shows because they overuse color just like Star Trek. Same with Lost in Space when it went to color in the second season. Everything had to be bright yellow, red or blue.

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NBC was owned by RCA at the time so they broadcast in color in the late 50's. CBS and ABC didn't until the mid to late 60's.

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I was only allowed to watch Batman and Saturday morning B/W action movies. Then my parents kicked me out the door. Probably the best thing they ever did.

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CBS had a color system which was mechanical....a big spinning wheel in front of the black and white picture, like a DLP projector. I did not know anybody who owned one and it only lasted a few years. CBS, if I recall (channel 2 in LA), was the last network to adopt the RCA standard color broadcast. ABC was earlier.

Oh, and channel 13 in LA was KLAC-TV in the **old** days.

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Here's what a 15" color TV looked like in the 1950s. Ours was different...a Raytheon brand (yes, they made TVs at one time)...in a blond cabinet with doors that shut in front. Three huge chassis with dozens of vacuum tubes. I think it cost $1k at the time, or about 1/10 of the annual salary of a top wage earner.

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The NTSC standard was adopted decades before the era you are reminiscing about though.

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CBS had a color system which was mechanical....a big spinning wheel in front of the black and white picture, like a DLP projector. I did not know anybody who owned one and it only lasted a few years. CBS, if I recall (channel 2 in LA), was the last network to adopt the RCA standard color broadcast. ABC was earlier.

Oh, and channel 13 in LA was KLAC-TV in the **old** days.

The NTSC standard was adopted decades before the era you are reminiscing about though.

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The NTSC standard was adopted decades before the era you are reminiscing about though.

Teh color TV standard was not adopted until ~ 1954 or so.

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The original Batman. Every Weds and Thurs night. Great fucking show.

***BAM***
***POW***
***CRASH***

CUPCAKES,
THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT CATWOMAN AS A CHILD

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The original Batman. Every Weds and Thurs night. Great fucking show.

***BAM***
***POW***
***CRASH***

CUPCAKES,
THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT CATWOMAN AS A CHILD

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I remember when they introduced color radio!
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I remember these Heathkit 6 transistor radios:

http://www.heathkit-museum.com/other/hvmxr-1.shtml

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My father did communication's system repair for munis and biz back in the early 60s. He was also pretty handy with TV repair that he did for friends once in a while. Doctor's family down the street bought a color TV back when they were so fucking expensive that pretty much only doctors could afford them. Short after that it took a lightning hit and fried. They bought a new one the same day and gave my dad the old one.

For the cost of a 50-cent part that had cooked in the lightning hit, our family was the among the VERY early adopters of glorious color TV. Of course, only about 3 shows were actually ON in color in those early days, but we always watched them.

We had a color TV (15" tube) in 1955. Replaced with an RCA 21" in 1960 or so. Only color shows in the early days on channel 4 in LA (KRCA at that time) were the evening news with George Putnam, sponsored by Alka Seltzer (color ads!!), the Steve Allen show, disney, Bonanza, the Rose Parade, and some other specials. Other shows were in black and white.

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The original Batman. Every Weds and Thurs night. Great fucking show.

***BAM***
***POW***
***CRASH***

CUPCAKES,
THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT CATWOMAN AS A CHILD

LEE, EARTHA OR JULIE?

T.J.
GOTS TO KNOA

JULIE ( ). EARTHA WAS MISCAST.

LEAVE_IT_TO_BEEBUH said:

We watched the peacock in B&W for years until my old man broke down and bought the first in a series of shitty second-hand TVs that were almost as dirt-cheap as he was. By the time we had color TV in our house, color TV was not a big deal any more.

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Like no other product, including automobiles, a second-hand TV in those days meant that the set had major problems. Perhaps the picture tube had a "booster" on it to make it brighter.

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LEAVE_IT_TO_BEEBUH said:

We watched the peacock in B&W for years until my old man broke down and bought the first in a series of shitty second-hand TVs that were almost as dirt-cheap as he was. By the time we had color TV in our house, color TV was not a big deal any more.

Like no other product, including automobiles, a second-hand TV in those days meant that the set had major problems. Perhaps the picture tube had a "booster" on it to make it brighter.

No, what every one of the sets my old man bought had was a secret device to make the picture roll uncontrollably whenever Julie Newmar came on in Batman

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No, what every one of the sets my old man bought had was a secret device to make the picture roll uncontrollably whenever Julie Newmar came on in Batman

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The color of 60s broadcast TV cannot be reproduced on modern equipment. You had to be there, in front of the tube to appreciate it. Batman was surreal and every blinking red indicator light on the Enterprise bridge in Star Trek jumped out at you.

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Adjust rabbit ears. Fixed? Yes - stop No - go to next step.

Thump TV on the side...hard.

You forgot: Adjust "fine tuning"

Who remembers "fine tuning?"

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You forgot: Adjust "fine tuning"

Who remembers "fine tuning?"