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Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
We had a two different Zenith console TV's, from the 1st moon landing 'til 1990-ish, and the last one is sitting in my mom's basement. It needs something, but it still looks nice as furniture, and an antique relic, ;~}. I really don't like the look of the flat screen TV's. I just have never gotten used to them, or the wide dimensions. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
I watched the funeral of King George VI and the Coronation in 1953 on a neighbours b/w set. We got our first tv in 1956, a 19" b/w 405 line one. 625 line colour came in 1967. And yes I prefer the 4:3 aspect ratio sets to the 16:9 ones of today, but to be fair they are more true to life as you have better peripheral vision left to right than you have up and down. My new 40" flat-screen is so slim you can hang it on the wall like a picture, that is the only advantage that I can see, a 40" CRT set would need scaffolding!! I see what you're saying about the peripheral vision, but a living room isn't a movie theatre(though some people try to make it that way nowadays). As much as I truly love tv, I don't want it to be the focal point of the room. That was one of the nice things about the old console TV's because they blended in as pieces of furniture. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
BladeD Send message Joined: 9 Aug 11 Posts: 13320 Credit: 1,603,919 RAC: 2 |
I watched the funeral of King George VI and the Coronation in 1953 on a neighbours b/w set. We got our first tv in 1956, a 19" b/w 405 line one. 625 line colour came in 1967. And yes I prefer the 4:3 aspect ratio sets to the 16:9 ones of today, but to be fair they are more true to life as you have better peripheral vision left to right than you have up and down. My new 40" flat-screen is so slim you can hang it on the wall like a picture, that is the only advantage that I can see, a 40" CRT set would need scaffolding!! Focal point of the room? You can hide a flat screen TV completely if you want. Some would that the new TVs blend in better because they're not pieces of furniture. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
I watched the funeral of King George VI and the Coronation in 1953 on a neighbours b/w set. We got our first tv in 1956, a 19" b/w 405 line one. 625 line colour came in 1967. And yes I prefer the 4:3 aspect ratio sets to the 16:9 ones of today, but to be fair they are more true to life as you have better peripheral vision left to right than you have up and down. My new 40" flat-screen is so slim you can hang it on the wall like a picture, that is the only advantage that I can see, a 40" CRT set would need scaffolding!! And you can use new TVs to show Pictures, like a painting or some other nice pics. Or why not, a fireplace with both moving pictures and sound:) |
Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0 |
My local cable company has a fireplace channel, 24 7, complete with gentle crackling sounds. Looks good on a big screen TV. |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
When we got colour TV in Nova Scotia. On the national TV channel (CBC) they broadcast a show called Telescope. The star of that show was a man named Fletcher Markle who showed up with skin colour like a lobster. We all thought, wow what a sight to see. We thought Canada had more than any thing we would ever need. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Think they need to produce one for women! |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
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merle van osdol Send message Joined: 23 Oct 02 Posts: 809 Credit: 1,980,117 RAC: 0 |
Captain Midnight, USA, circa 1950, around 5pm. "High atop the tower ..." It couldn't get any better than that. merle - vote yes for freedom of speech |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Captain Midnight, Captain Midnight with some Ovaltine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5ZAISx-jdw O'boy. Chocolate version of Ovaltine. O’boy have been around since 1959. |
merle van osdol Send message Joined: 23 Oct 02 Posts: 809 Credit: 1,980,117 RAC: 0 |
My big mouth and small memory. It was Captain Video I was thinking of. merle - vote yes for freedom of speech |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
My big mouth and small memory. Do you mean this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0xOhK6kPyM Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere is a 15-chapter serial released by Columbia Pictures in 1951. The serial is unique for several reasons--- in particular, it is the first and last film serial ever based on a television program |
merle van osdol Send message Joined: 23 Oct 02 Posts: 809 Credit: 1,980,117 RAC: 0 |
Ha,ha That was it -- "high atop the mountain" but I really couldn't remember any of the faces. Was that film made using the original players do you know? My big mouth and small memory. merle - vote yes for freedom of speech |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
No, Im not knocking you young folk, But I could still get off my ass and change a channel by hand if I had to, Or put a tape in a VHS machine. Or play a record on a turntable, Or even thread a tape on a reel to reel. I can still get off my ass to do that, except that with modern TVs it's actually very difficult to change the channels. Instead of a big know to turn, there are just little buttons and you have to keep pressing them until you get to the channel you want. They're really designed to use the remote now. I can also do most stuff on my phone, at least the stuff I want to do (I haven't learned to enter text by swiping). So I guess I'm at a nice in-between age where I can do it all. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Ha,ha I Think it is the original players. Before my time though:) The Space Captain and his Video Ranger must save the universe from the evil Dr. Pauli... and low production values. This episode was originally broadcast live in 1949. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvSfwyCxEl8 |
merle van osdol Send message Joined: 23 Oct 02 Posts: 809 Credit: 1,980,117 RAC: 0 |
and low production values. lol Thanks janneseti, It could very well be the real actors. I don't know. I would remember Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon and Doctor Zharkov though even 100 years from now. Is that really you with that happy smiley face?? merle - vote yes for freedom of speech |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
and low production values. lol No thats my friend from Finland, Jarmo Bräkinen:) He has some dad issues. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMtBeIY1N5E Seften Svenne. Flash Gordon:) Here he's called Blixt Gordon. Max von Sydow’s beard-stroking Emperor of Mongo and wannabe Ruler of the Universe, Ming the Merciless. Ah. Comic books from the 60's. Thats retro to me! The Phantom. Rip Kirby. MAD! |
merle van osdol Send message Joined: 23 Oct 02 Posts: 809 Credit: 1,980,117 RAC: 0 |
Says we can't get it (youtube) here! and low production values. lol merle - vote yes for freedom of speech |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Says we can't get it (youtube) here! Strange UK and Australia can see it. Anyway. All started with this ad from Finland with real men:) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15evAadnq4I No common ören |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Commercials from the 60's:) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yWTsFVkrFc |
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