Color Television was disappointing when first introduced?

[Sandy G]

I think the real disapointment from color TV when it was 1st introduced was the expense, the complexity/dodgy reliability, & lack of programming. I've never seen a CT-100, but I wonder how B&W programs "looked" on it. Were they kinda purplish, greenish, or what? IIRC, lots of TVs were somewhat less than reliable like they are today, and, of course, a color set w/3X the circuitry would be even less reliable. Color TV was a disappointment to its backers, as it took til about 1966 before it really took off. I think Sarnoff felt it would have gone off bigger than TV did initially-Seems like I remember reading he thought there would be millions of color sets out there by 1959 or '60. Color TV WAS very expensive at first-$1000 was a LOT of moolah in 1954-that was a pretty decent used car. Even $495 for a cheapo model in '60 or '61 was still not an inconsiderable sum.-Sandy G.

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