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Somewhere, I think I remember reading in what year color TV sales surpassed the sale of B&W sets; but, I can't remember the year. I'm sure it wasn't any later than the early '70's. However, there must have been enough people buying large screen B&W sets during the '70's. Otherwise, they would have not been available as recent as the early '80's. I know Sylvania made a solid state 22" B&W console as recent as '78 and I saw an Admiral built Truetone B&W console from '79. I think Zenith discontinued their large screen B&W sets in '81. Also, 19" B&W sets continued to be made at least through the mid '80's.
Growing up during the '80's and '90's, most people that I had anything to do with were still using color consoles that ranged in age from the late '60's until the early '90's. Most of the B&W sets were used in the kitchen, bedroom, kid's room, camper, etc. I don't recall ever seeing a large screen B&W console in use in someone's home. However, I have ran into a few people who only had a 12"/17"/19" B&W portable as their main set. These people were usually senior citizens or minorities.
BTW, I think '77 must have been a big color TV year around here. I base that on the fact that I've found a load of color TV's from '77.
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