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Originally Posted by oldtvman
as a footnote, back then you scoured the TV guide looking for any of those little boxes up in the left hand corner of the program for the word "COLOR"
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Yes, it was the same with us. Here is a TV guide from 1968:
http://www.tvprogramme.net/60/1968/19680214.htm
and the (F) for "Farbe" ( = color) marked the broadcasts in color. As you can see there are only the Olympic games in color and a circus show. All other broadcasts were in black and white.
Here is a copy of an advertisement for one of the first color tv sets in Germany:
http://bs.cyty.com/menschen/e-etzold...abaT2000ad.pps
On page 7 the color tv set was advertised with the words "News reports, actual magazines and crime thrillers will be in black and white forever. Therefore this set is able to receive black and white broadcasts..."
Eckhard