early color wanna be's

[andy]

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[rek100]

I remember using a little round plastic degauser that I plugged in to the wall outlet on my folks first color tv (RCA), about 1966. It was always fun to watch the weird color patterns it caused, but I'm not sure it really did anything?

[bgadow]

Originally Posted by rek100

I remember using a little round plastic degauser that I plugged in to the wall outlet on my folks first color tv (RCA), about 1966. It was always fun to watch the weird color patterns it caused, but I'm not sure it really did anything?

They are an important tool in the repair of older color tv sets, to remove any magnetism from the crt. By the late 60s all but the cheapest sets had built-in automatic degaussing. A magnetized screen will have blotchy color, so that a picture that is supposed to be all white will have some pink in one corner, some green up top, some blue over on the other side, etc.

I discovered that the crt monitor on my work computer has a manual deguassing feature in the on-screen menu. So when I get really bored I will go on and do it, just to see the special effects!

[Jeffhs]

Originally Posted by andy

I was just playing with one of my CTC-53's with Accucolor. The name couldn't be more misleading. There was a golf game on, and with Accucolor turned on, the grass went from green to reddish brown. Intense blues became turquoise.

My best guess is the AccuColor system in your CTC53 must be badly misaligned, as the color distortions you mention with the AccuColor function on seem incredible. However, that's probably why most people didn't use the auto-color correction systems in TVs that had them; they probably figured (and rightly so) that they could get a much better picture, with accurate colors, by adjusting the color controls manually.