Popular Science September 1951

[old_tv_nut]

"What Color Does to TV" (RCA still testing despite CBS win at FCC)
and
"TV Color 'Sampler' Costs only $8" (DIY CBS color adapter)

[1.5 MB pdf file]


http://www.bretl.com/tvarticles/ps0951/ps0951.pdf

[edison64]

Thanks for posting, totally wild. I wonder how many people got hurt trying to ues it. A 1/4 hp shop motor?? a bit to large?? you think???

[Phil Nelson]

I have a Pop Sci book ("TV and Radio Manual") with reprints of those articles. My favorite photo is the one with the little girl operating a color wheel on her bedroom TV. Looks like one of those upright Sentinel style portables.

Can you imagine leaving a child alone with that gizmo? I picture her leaning over to look at the motor and getting her pigtails caught in the belt. Ouch!!

Phil Nelson

[ohohyodafarted]

Those were the good old days that I grew up in. I was 4 when that article was published.

The world wasn't filled with ligtigation and you could still publish articles about home made gizmos like this. Today a publisher would never even think of printing an article like this for fear of being sued by someone, and perhaps violating some government safety rules.

Those were the days when an inventor in a garage could cobble something together without thinking about the fact that somebody might sue him. And in fact, you were pretty much left to do whatever you wanted. If you got hurt it was you own fault for being stupid. The laws of natural selection removed the dummies from the gene pool. Today the world has been made idiot proof and as a result the world is full of idiots who are protected from their own self destruction by a government buracurcy that legislates safety for everyone.

[cbenham]

Originally Posted by ohohyodafarted

Those were the days when an inventor in a garage could cobble something together without thinking about the fact that somebody might sue him.

Yep, sounds like me TODAY with color wheels zooming around 24 times a second! So far I haven't had one come loose and saw a hole through the wall!!! Cliff

[miniman82]

You and I have the same thought running through our heads, Bob. I wish there was some way to make that a signature, but it's too long!