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Originally Posted by consoleguy67
I'm 48 years old, and remember tv in the early 1970s. The shows and specials were much better then today. I think having fewer channels was better, as there was more competition among the networks at the time. Also, the shows and specials were more family oriented. Tv viewing was a more intimate thing; most families only had one color tv, so families spent more time together.
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I'm 49 and I hear ya. I remember when color TV was a big deal and we only had a 1959 Philco B&W set with no UHF tuner until we got our first color TV in 1971. It was a Zenith Chromacolor. I remember when we went over to my aunt's, she had an RCA roundie, I think it was a CTC-14 or 16, it said "Vistacolor" on the front with a UHF tuner. I think I've seen it in old family pictures dated 1962 so they must have bought it around that time. They watched it until 1995 or so. I called her "the aunt with the color TV."
IIRC, there was a "Wonder Years Episode" where the Arnold Family thought they were going to get a color TV for Christmas and they showed a clip of Frosty The Snowman on a roundie.
Getting back to my story, I remember in 1971, the Pittsburgh Pirates won the World Series and I remember watching it in color.