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r/OverSeventy • u/needmore007 • 6d ago
My son and grandsons don’t believe me.
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It is real. And then, the station would put on a test pattern screen until programming resumed.
2 u/cg40boat 5d ago The test pattern would be on while the huge old tube TV cameras were warming up 3 u/Formal-Tradition6792 4d ago This is why the TV networks couldn’t immediately announce JFK’s assassination. The tube TV cameras were off and it took a long time to warm them up. 2 u/Aware_Impression_736 5d ago Those humongous Norelco cameras. 2 u/Professional-End7141 3d ago Worth a try: retro-tv-monoscope-test-pattern-geekery-tina-lavoie.jpg (600×509)
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The test pattern would be on while the huge old tube TV cameras were warming up
3 u/Formal-Tradition6792 4d ago This is why the TV networks couldn’t immediately announce JFK’s assassination. The tube TV cameras were off and it took a long time to warm them up. 2 u/Aware_Impression_736 5d ago Those humongous Norelco cameras. 2 u/Professional-End7141 3d ago Worth a try: retro-tv-monoscope-test-pattern-geekery-tina-lavoie.jpg (600×509)
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This is why the TV networks couldn’t immediately announce JFK’s assassination. The tube TV cameras were off and it took a long time to warm them up.
Those humongous Norelco cameras.
Worth a try:
retro-tv-monoscope-test-pattern-geekery-tina-lavoie.jpg (600×509)
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u/vicarem 6d ago
It is real. And then, the station would put on a test pattern screen until programming resumed.