who designed the sets..and how..

[eberts]

There was no interest in color TV in the late 50's and early 60's because a color TV then cost about $600.
You could buy a brand new buick station wagon for that at that time.
Brand new houses were $18,000, cherry flavored sno-cones were a nickle.
I remember full grown men working for $33 a week.
I also remember women were not allowed to be employed in bars, and businesses were required to be closed on Sundays.
I have no ideal what I did or ate yesterday. I hope I went potty.

[roundscreen]

[QUOTE=eberts;2955792]
[I also remember women were not allowed to be employed in bars, and businesses were required to be closed on Sundays.}

That was called blue laws and they should bring them back.

{I have no ideal what I did or ate yesterday. I hope I went potty.}

That is too much information.
Ed

[zenith2134]

Hi ,

while I do agree with some aspects of the 'blue laws' like liquoring up early on Sunday, the stuff re: women's rights is severely outdated and I have decided to disagree with the both of you. Just a personal opinion.... As most of you know I am usually down to poke fun at the conventions of society and speak my mind on controversial issues, but this is it for me.

Anyways, I do think eberts' idiotic statements about himself are indeed uncalled for and, I assume, mostly unwanted on a video/electronics discussion board.

So back on topic, I recall another phenom of later TV history,,, The Closed Captioning decoders. IIRC, it was about 1993 when all new sets bigger than 13" HAD TO come with them.

Boy, I bet there are less than 2 people on earth playing a CC decoder through a digital tv set top box, in '09 (!!)

[jeyurkon]

Originally Posted by zenith2134

Hi ,

while I do agree with some aspects of the 'blue laws' like liquoring up early on Sunday, the stuff re: women's rights is severely outdated and I have decided to disagree with the both of you. Just a personal opinion.... As most of you know I am usually down to poke fun at the conventions of society and speak my mind on controversial issues, but this is it for me.

Anyways, I do think eberts' idiotic statements about himself are indeed uncalled for and, I assume, mostly unwanted on a video/electronics discussion board.

So back on topic, I recall another phenom of later TV history,,, The Closed Captioning decoders. IIRC, it was about 1993 when all new sets bigger than 13" HAD TO come with them.

Boy, I bet there are less than 2 people on earth playing a CC decoder through a digital tv set top box, in '09 (!!)

Well, I guess I'll be as guilty as the rest of you and continue off topic.
Eberts was giving his view on why color didn't take off right away and examples of what $600 meant. He then made a statement showing that things change as time goes on.

He then made fun of himself. I don't know how old he is, but as we get older we seem to be able to easily remember things from the past, but not yesterday's events. I don't think it was a crime for him to point that out even if it was the only statement that drifted too far from the topic.

John

[ChrisW6ATV]

Originally Posted by eberts

I also remember... businesses were required to be closed on Sundays.

This concept is one of the more asinine things I have ever heard of.

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Back on topic:

I have always been in awe of the designers of electronic equipment such as TV sets. Even though devices today are far more complex, I bet it is easier to design something like a DVD player now, with most of the work done by specialized "system on a chip" components. Now, the designers of those, they are smart indeed.

[wa2ise]

Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV

This concept is one of the more asinine things I have ever heard of.

Think it's in the Ten Commandments: "Thou shalt not buy clothes or electronics on Sunday".

[roundscreen]

Originally Posted by wa2ise

Think it's in the Ten Commandments: "Thou shalt not buy clothes or electronics on Sunday".

[stromberg67]

I believe that the only thing that can't be bought on Sunday in CT are alcoholic
beverages, and they are working on that. I won't hold my breath, though. I'm only 6 miles from the nearest MASS outlet, if I need anything. Anyone live in a state with a similar prohibition?
Kevin

[marty59]

In Texas, you cannot buy bottled Liquor on Sundays either..and there used to be some pretty weird "blue laws" that were pretty much repealed in the early eighties.

[jeyurkon]

Originally Posted by stromberg67

I believe that the only thing that can't be bought on Sunday in CT are alcoholic
beverages, and they are working on that. I won't hold my breath, though. I'm only 6 miles from the nearest MASS outlet, if I need anything. Anyone live in a state with a similar prohibition?
Kevin

I don't know if Pennsylvania is still this way but you couldn't purchase alcoholic beverages on Sunday. To buy liquor period you had to go to a "State Store."

Ohio was easier.

John

[NowhereMan 1966]

Originally Posted by jeyurkon

I don't know if Pennsylvania is still this way but you couldn't purchase alcoholic beverages on Sunday. To buy liquor period you had to go to a "State Store."

Ohio was easier.

John

Yeap, we are still that way, the only source for liquor is the State Store. My cousin form Florida was really floored at that since there and in most places, you can buy beer and liquor in the supermarket.

[Robert Grant]

Originally Posted by eberts

There was no interest in color TV in the late 50's and early 60's because a color TV then cost about $600.
You could buy a brand new buick station wagon for that at that time..

With ignition damage, from the guy who just stole it?
By the time color TV came around, a station wagon from Buick (a mid-priced brand) would have set you back close to $2,000, if not over it.

Originally Posted by eberts

Brand new houses were $18,000.

TRUE.

Which helps explain how real estate prices could take such a huge crash in recent years