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I only had one family member that had color tv before the mid 60's. It was always neat to watch at their house during christmas, and sometimes a few ballgames. They lived in Caruthersville Mo. and we lived in Memphis TN, so not much chance to watch. We got our first color set in 1966. It was a small screen set and set on top of our big Curtis Mathes console set. By the time we got color the thrill was gone. It was like everybody else has a color set can't we get one now? That set was not very reliable, and was dead by 1971. We didn't get another color set until 1976. It was a Philco roundie that I bought from one of the local tv shops for $10.00. I still have it and it still worked last time I powerfed it up. I bought a new Magnavox star system set in 1978. That was our first new reliable set, and by then everything was in color.
So I totally missed early color, but from the people that I have talked to it was a real thrill even with the reliability issues.
Bill R
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