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On 2/1/25 12:05 AM, Rich wrote:
> rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 20:08:17 -0500, WokieSux282@ud0s4.net wrote:
>>
>>>     It was common for US stations to start/end/both with the national
>>>     anthem or something similar. A test pic of an eagle or something
>>>     'patriotic' on the screen. The practice kinda faded in the latter 60s
>>>     once we had been told to be self-loathing.
>>
>> The test patterns were dropped as color TV became more popular. Color TV
>> drove my uncle crazy. You had to be a little artistic to adjust the RGB
>> balance so everyone didn't look like a corpse and he was a techie, not an
>> artist.
> 
> I remember a "color" (which was really 'saturation') knob, and a "tint"
> knob, but don't remember any sets with external knobs to adjust R, G
> and B colors (other than maybe in the "no user servicable parts inside"
> area...).


   SOME early color sets DID have RGB adjustments, but
   HIDDEN behind some undocumented holes in the console
   back. You needed those special plastic screwdrivers
   OR to literally risk your life with metal ones.


> But yes, getting color and tint just right so things looked half normal
> instead of corpse or nauseated was a real challenge.

   Thing is, the proper balance changed from station
   to station ...

> Then Dad got us a Sony Trinitron, and it had an "auto" setting that
> "worked well enough" that we quit fiddling with the other adjust knobs.

   Tech marches on.

   Never did own a Trinitron ... too $$$

   DID buy the very last of the tube TVs though, 45"
   and 1080p - and it took two STRONG men to lift it.
   Actually it was pretty damned good - like 10 years
   and then I bought a bigger flat screen you could lift
   with one hand. 55" is about the logical max for my
   living area.

   Still kinda pref LCD over LED. The LEDs can burn out
   but the LCD pixels don't.