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Originally Posted by radiotvnut
As far as B&W TV's, I know for a fact that 22" B&W consoles and metal cabinet table models were available at least until the early '80's and 19" B&W's were available at least until the mid '80's; so, that shows that there was a demand for such sets a good 20-30 years after color was introduced. I think the reasons B&W TV's held on as long as they did was because a lot of older people claimed that a color TV hurt their eyes and because back then, a basic 19" color TV still cost several hundred dollars while a 19" B&W set could be bought for $125-$150.
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I remember, back in the early 80's B&W sets being touted as a good way to watch old B&W VHS movies on. No color bleedover. But as VHS had a luma bandwidth of about 2MHz, and B&W TVs after color came out also had a low pass filter to kill the chroma subcarrier, they'd match pretty well. So if you were a big fan of 40's era classic movies, you were happy. Where's my Casablanca tape...
Today I saw at the dumpster a Sony flatscreen CRT, 16 by 9 aspect ratio. About 2 feet diagonal. No way I'd be able to pick it up...