Our first color tv was something to see. Giant flags of aluminum foil hanging from the rabbit ears. The channel knob was a T shaped thing sticking out the front and didnt quite bring in the station clearly even at that when it was in its default position. We had an old knit afghan that we hooked on the dial to put the right amount of tension on the knob to hold it in place. Finding which hole offered the right amount of weight hanging the right way was the trick to watching that one.
My parents bought their first color TV just before Christmas in 1966. We had just moved into our new house in Springfield, VA. The TV station my parents preferred was based in Washington, DC. The station was proud of having just upgraded to broadcasting in color. Most amusing was the station ad for "Full color 5" featuring a couple black members of the station staff. About a year after I got married in 1978, that first TV lost "sync". The estimate to repair it was more than my dad was willing to pay ($400). He "gifted" it to me. I hauled it to my condo, diagnosed the problem and pulled the "sync" board. It had 9 transistors. I checked each one with an "ohm meter" and spotted a suspect. I was working for Marine Electric Company as a field service engineer at the time, so we had books of replacement parts. I paid my boss $1.58 for the ECG substitution part and swapped it out after work. Success. The "sync" worked again. That TV lived in my living room until 1983 when we moved.