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watching tv back then became more of an adventure at times just to get a good picture. We live in the South Bend area and putting up an antenna in order to get Chicago channels was hit or miss at best. Then once we got a color set in the early sixties the problems were multiplied. Keep in mind even as a kid I was good at adjusting the best possible picture. Others weren't so lucky. I remember going in people's houses and wonder how they could set there and watch such a crummy picture. And there again when color started to take off most people didn't know how to adjust the customer controls in order to get an acceptable picture. Then there was always to slide telling us that there were technical difficulties at the station and you got to stare at that annoying slide hoping your favorite show would come back on.
If that wasn't enough there were always those pesky problems like dirty pots causing intermittent problems, dirty tuners making the channels drift or go snowy. I guess that was all part of enjoying that new medium of televison
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