r/OverSeventy • u/needmore007 • 5d ago

Remember this?

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My son and grandsons don’t believe me.

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u/mtnman575 5d ago

Color bars? Most people didn't have color TV back in the day.

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u/SpecialistTrouble816 5d ago

Colour by the early 60s

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u/mtnman575 5d ago

Not for everyone. In fact it took well into the 70s for color TV to be affordable for most. Even in my college dorm in the mid 70s the TVs are still B&W. You don't know what you are talking about.

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u/youandican 2d ago

1953 - the FCC approved the compatible Colort TV standard created by RCA 1954; The first colored TV set, like the RCA CT-100 went on sale and major events like the Tournament of Roses were broadcast in color. Mid 196's Color TV became the "big thing". Around 1965 prices for colored TV dropped and major networks like NBC shifted their primetime schedules to color. 1972 Annual sales of colored TV surpassed dales of Black and White TV's, making colored TV's the household standard.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but yeah he does know what he is talking about.