Rca, 1954.....

[Justdroppedin]

[Gates07]

where is the tube checker?

[The Noof]

It ain't 4K I bet.

[dogdayz]

Probably cost more than a months salary and only got one channel.

[Gates07]

i think we got 3 and all quit at midnight, lucky if the antenna was pointer in the right direction

[The Noof]

i think we got 3 and all quit at midnight, lucky if the antenna was pointer in the right direction

And the Indian test pattern was on 'till the morning farm report came on air.

[dogdayz]

This is similar to the TV we had when I was a kid. Notice that it says HUGE screen

My father must have saved a long time to buy it.

[The Noof]

This is similar to the TV we had when I was a kid. Notice that it says HUGE screen

My father must have saved a long time to buy it.

We snicker at that technology today, but it was an AMAZING technology at the time.I remember similar tv's in my childhood, as well as our first "space commander" remote controlled Zenith colour tv in the mid 60's.I thought we had it all!lol.

[dishuser]

We snicker at that technology today, but it was an AMAZING technology at the time.I remember similar tv's in my childhood, as well as our first "space commander" remote controlled Zenith colour tv in the mid 60's.I thought we had it all!lol.

is that the one with the remote that didn't take batteries?

[The Noof]

is that the one with the remote that didn't take batteries?

Yup...and my curiosity got the best of me when I was 10 years old:I took it apart to see how it worked.All that was inside were 4 aluminum rods of various lengths.When you pressed a button, it caused a hammer strike against the bottom of the selected rod.The rod would vibrate a certain frequency that the tv was made to respond to.lol
Only downside was many things could "fool" the tv that made similar sounds.About 2 or 3 times a week, there was a car that would cause our tv to channel up 3 channels when it drove by our house.

[dishuser]

Yup...and my curiosity got the best of me when I was 10 years old:I took it apart to see how it worked.All that was inside were 4 aluminum rods of various lengths.When you pressed a button, it caused a hammer strike against the bottom of the selected rod.The rod would vibrate a certain frequency that the tv was made to respond to.lol
Only downside was many things could "fool" the tv that made similar sounds.About 2 or 3 times a week, there was a car that would cause our tv to channel up 3 channels when it drove by our house.

I used to clap and change the channel...lol

[TLG]

I used to clap and change the channel...lol

Not sure if you're kidding or not
But my dad had a remote ,, he would clap and I'd have to run and change the channel
I also served as antenna tunner

[The Noof]

not sure if you're kidding or not
but my dad had a remote ,, he would clap and i'd have to run and change the channel
i also served as antenna tunner

lol...................

[dishuser]

Not sure if you're kidding or not
But my dad had a remote ,, he would clap and I'd have to run and change the channel
I also served as antenna tunner

not kidding
when you changed the channel the dial turned on it's own

[dogdayz]

We snicker at that technology today, but it was an AMAZING technology at the time.I remember similar tv's in my childhood, as well as our first "space commander" remote controlled Zenith colour tv in the mid 60's.I thought we had it all!lol.

You were lucky to have colour... we had B/W for a long time before we got colour. I remember sometimes going to my uncles house for Sunday dinner and we could watch Bonanza and Ed Sullivan on his colour TV.