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I didn't have any customers when color TV first came in, since I was born that year. But I do have two fairly vivid recollections from the early days. Neither story is even remotely worthy of headlines, but since you asked, here they are:
One was that even around 1964, a decade after color came on the market, such sets were still pretty unusual in my neighborhood. Our next door neighbors won a color TV as the grand prize in a church raffle. Man, it was a big event; everybody gathered round the roundie. As far as I remember, my friend was the only kid I knew locally who's family had a color TV back then. I guess winning one was the only way to go, apparently nobody in my middle class neighborhood was going to spend that kind of money out of their pocket! (Gee, I guess I should get back in touch with them and see if they've still got it stashed away in the basement!)
The second memory I have from about the same point in time was some family friends who purchased a color set around 1963 or 1964. Even at such a tender age, I clearly remember thinking that looking at bright red (or sometimes green!) faces seemed like an awfully odd way to watch TV! I'm not sure exactly what they were thinking, but I suspect it was along the lines of if you paid that much for a TV you darn well cranked the "color" control ALL the way up to get your money's worth!
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