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Originally Posted by oldtvman
The same could be said for the early network color broadcasts, while Nbc was consistently the best, Cbs using the norelco cameras always looked different, and Abc also couldn't compare to the NBC guys.
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Even today, I've noticed the colors vary from station to station.
I've got access to two of each of ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS broadcast stations. The local NBC looks bluish and out of focus, the more distant one looks clean, warm, and sharp. (Any coincidence that it's an O&O? I use this one as my picture-adjustment standard.) The local CBS LPTV looks pale and bluish, and the contrast is too high; the more distant one is reddish, but the contrast is much better. The two ABCs look the same, color-wise, even though the distant one's transmitter is about 60mi. away, and the two PBSs are the same: gorgeous.
Heh. I always wondered if the station engineers had to keep the pictures up to a certain standard.
Maybe not, eh?
Tom