“...I was about 12 when my parents finally got color TV and cable TV was years away...”
It was about 1968 when we got our color TV - either a Motorola or Magnavox (I know it began with an “M”) Console TV - had a, AM/FM Stereo radio in one side, a 25 inch color CRT screen in the center, and a turntable “Hi-Fidelity” Stereo in the other side.
Saturday morning cartoons became alive at that point. And - you’ll laugh at this - I remember seeing black and white 1950s monster movies on it and being TOTALLY confused... “but this is a COLOR TV... why aren’t these in color???”
I was about 7 or 8 then.
Remember when you had a box to adjust the outside antenna for each channel ? I had to do that until we got cable when it was first offered around 1982/83. How primitive it all seemed to be in those days.
I even remember as a little kid going to the tv store to get a Magnavox (around 1977 or so), and that was a BIG deal then. TVs were not cheap, and could cost upwards or over $1000 for a modest set (in ‘70s dollars). I always wanted a floor model back then, but my parents didn’t want to pay that kind of money.
“It was about 1968 when we got our color TV - either a Motorola or Magnavox (I know it began with an “M”) Console TV - had a, AM/FM Stereo radio in one side, a 25 inch color CRT screen in the center, and a turntable “Hi-Fidelity” Stereo in the other side.”
Lies. All LIES!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nvuEw9XcuU
You had a “Frank Rizzo” TV, and you LOVED it!