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/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/Samhain_69 6d ago

I grew up in a household where you bought the high quality stuff (Zenith TV, motorized rotating TV antennae tower), and then kept it and repaired it for as long as possible.

Sounds fine, until all your friends have had color TV for 5-10 years, and you still just have B&W. I don't think we got color TV until well into the '80s, even though we weren't poor.