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This may be a little OT but it is still on 3D TV. Anybody remember when they tried 3D TV in the early 1980’s, 1981 to 1983, where they used the old red/blue glasses? I remember here in Pittsburgh, Channel 11 (WPXI) aired a few of those 3D movies. Did they do this in other cities?

I vaguely remember this happening in Highland Falls, NY around that time, but I seem recall that the 3D movies were shown by one of the premium movie channels, like HBO or Disney. I could be misremembering though (I about 8 years old), but it was definitely around the same time cable first came to town. We also had an old '70s TV with the knobs, and the cable box had an individual button for each channel (no remote then). The 3D didn't work that well on our TV either, so I only watched a portion of one movie (some early '60s horror movie about a guy who finds a cursed mask, total MST3000 material).

I vaguely remember this happening in Highland Falls, NY around that time, but I seem recall that the 3D movies were shown by one of the premium movie channels, like HBO or Disney. I could be misremembering though (I about 8 years old), but it was definitely around the same time cable first came to town. We also had an old '70s TV with the knobs, and the cable box had an individual button for each channel (no remote then). The 3D didn't work that well on our TV either, so I only watched a portion of one movie (some early '60s horror movie about a guy who finds a cursed mask, total MST3000 material).

We had cable since 1971 although the community had it since 1966. It was owned by a local family and it was called "Astro Cable," I went to school with a few of the kids. Later they sold it to New Channels, then it became Time Warner, TCI, back to Time Warner, and then Comcast. I missed a few steps, it was a long story.

I remember we mainly used the VHF dial for the channels, we did not have premium service although in 1978 we had HBO on channel 6 and you had a small box with an on/off switch to tune it in. I still have it. I remember the next step was an 8 button box where you could get Cinemax and a handful of other cable channels, MTV comes to mind. I remember going to my buddies house as a teenager and we used to watch all those dirty movies they had. B-D Then came the Jerrold converter boxes. BTW, Jerrold electronics was started by former PA Governor (Democrat) Milton Jerrold Shapp.

We got the 1982 Zenith, the set I have and we could tune in cable channels for free since it was cable ready.

As to 3D movies, most of those were MST3K material. To be fair, it sort of worked, not great, but not bad, you needed a darken room of course but it was fun since we were kids.