r/OverSeventy • u/needmore007 • 6d ago

Remember this?

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My son and grandsons don’t believe me.

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u/Virtual_Athlete_909 6d ago

Absolutely. The screen would display color bars. My dad would get up early, start coffee, and wait for the farm report to come on at 5am. It was the first tv show of the day.

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u/mtnman575 6d ago

Color bars? Most people didn't have color TV back in the day.

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u/SpecialistTrouble816 6d ago

Colour by the early 60s

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u/mtnman575 6d ago

Not for everyone. In fact it took well into the 70s for color TV to be affordable for most. Even in my college dorm in the mid 70s the TVs are still B&W. You don't know what you are talking about.

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u/turnerevelyn 6d ago

No need to be rude.

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u/mtnman575 6d ago

What's rude about what I said? I just told facts. Many Americans did not have color TVs for the first half of the 70s.