1963 ad for wealthy people - Videokarma.org TV - Video

Electronic M · #10 06-19-2020, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Robert Grant

Awfully ironic. A Brazilian who brought one home from the USA would still be watching black-and-white TV, because Brazil adopted the incompatible PAL system.

The original post explained there were experimental NTSC transmissions in 63-64...so someone importing such a set probably got to watch a few hours of test pattern and maybe some kind of programming before letting it sit dormant a few years, then contemplating PAL conversion.