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Originally Posted by oldtvman
If you read articles from the time, just about every one related to early color talks about how unnatural the color looks, how hard it is to get the sets to operate properly.
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Interesting, when I first started researching the subject, I was surprised how seldom these things were mentioned. In fact critic TV John Crosby called color TV "technically magnificent"--in January 1955!
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it seems most of the blame lies with uneducated consumers and poor dealer preparation. Sure the early color sets were more trouble prone....
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Well then there's no myth at all. You've just explained how and why early color earned its reputation. I was told by relatives that it was horrible with green faces, so bad an aunt didn't buy a color set until the late 70s. John Crosby could afford to have his CT-100 set up as well as the surviving museum pieces are; most didn't have that luxury.