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post #1 of 30
4/6/11 at 1:23am
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Internet nostalgia my ass.

Round B&W sets that took a few minutes to warm up.
Rabbit ears.
The neighbours all gathering in the first house on the block to get a colour TV.

And this:










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post #2 of 30
4/6/11 at 1:36am
^+1 to all above. I also remember my dad taking the back off the television, pulling all the tubes out of their sockets and taking them to a tester thingy at the hardware store. Find the faulty tube, replace it from the store's stock, head home and replace all the tubes and voila! TV works again!
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post #3 of 30
4/6/11 at 2:07am
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Tubes.

Crossing the room to turn that thick dial.
The UHF/VHF switch in the back.
Consoles with built in TV, radio and phonographs.
The June Taylor Dancers.
Topo Gigo.






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post #4 of 30
4/6/11 at 2:18am
I can hardly remember a time when there wasn't an on screen information guide on the TV. My generation must be spoiled. These were some of my favorite shows growing up: Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)
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post #5 of 30
4/6/11 at 2:35am
Sea Hunt.

Life With Riley.

Queen For a Day ( my Mom watched this one )

And Dragnet was my personal favorite.

Oh Yeah, the TV set was a huge Dumont with about an 8 inch screen ( or so it seemed ).

This Dumont commercial is pretty cool.
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post #6 of 30
4/6/11 at 2:37am
when the first sony tv with a remote control came out, it was like manna from heaven. and watched a lot of these re-runs growing up (which looking back seems so inappropriate) note: holy crap! just found out jennifer jason leigh's the daughter of vic morrow. wow!
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post #7 of 30
4/6/11 at 4:06am
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"This is a test. For the next sixty seconds, this station will conduct a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. This is only a test."






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post #8 of 30
4/6/11 at 5:46am
80s/early 90s pbs



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post #9 of 30
4/6/11 at 7:31am
TV was much better in the old days....


compared to what we get now....
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post #10 of 30
4/6/11 at 1:01pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mm84321 View Post
I can hardly remember a time when there wasn't an on screen information guide on the TV. My generation must be spoiled.


You missed the excitement of receiving this every week:



It was a sad day when newspapers started publishing listings.






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post #11 of 30
4/6/11 at 1:31pm
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post #12 of 30
4/6/11 at 3:17pm
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post #13 of 30
4/6/11 at 3:21pm




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post #14 of 30
4/6/11 at 3:35pm
My kids don't understand getting excited to watch TV. Descent programming wasn't at our fingertips back then (mid 60s). Saturday morning was worth getting up early to see 'cartoons" such as Johnny Quest, etc. Now days if you don't like what is on 24/7 just go to the computer and find something there or netflix... Also, we have lots of TVs and computers in our house. Back in the day we were lucky to have "1"! After school my mom was usually watching Soap Operas so we went out and played just to get the hell out of the house. During the week we would watch sitcoms together as there wasn't much else to do, and it was pretty good family entertainment. Now my kids piss me off because if it isn't exactly what they want to watch, they can find better things to do such as playing xbox on another TV, or mess around on the computer. Boy have things changed.
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post #15 of 30
4/6/11 at 3:39pm
I remember when cable in New York had lettered channels. I believe channel J had the late night erotica.
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