If you said, "A TV commercial from the early 60s," you get 30 bonus points. If you said, "The rest of the commercial is: "Wow - I got color TV! RCA Victor color TV! In my home there's color, now! Wow - I got color TV!" If you got that little ditty before you read it, you get an additional 50 bonus points.
When we got back from Steph and Dan's this afternoon, there was a new TV (to replace the dead one from the bedroom) waiting for us outside the coach. Under a table set up by our door. So, I guess we are in an honest neighborhood, since the box didn't disappear. It was in a plain Amazon box, so there is that.
We opened the box and attached the TV to 12-volt to make sure it was working. Yep. We removed the temporary replacement from the wall mount, then attached the mount to the TV - it fit. Mostly. The new TV sits a bit higher; it's lighter. Brighter image. (newer technology) But, it works, fits the space. And we got it installed by working together.
Ordered on Thursday, got here Saturday, installed before 6:00. Nice!
Yeah, that's the commercial. Because back in the day, TV was black and white. I remember going to the neighbor's house in 1964 to watch the Beatles on Ed Sullivan... in color! It was a big deal. And now you can get a flat screen color TV for "about the price of a pair of shoes." (quote from Joan)
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It was a big deal for me when I first saw *Star Trek* in color on a TV at a store in 1967 or 1968. Who knew that Kirk and Spock wore shirts of different colors? You could always tell that Scotty was wearing a different darker shirt (red) but the others were not very distinct on the B&W televisions of the day.
Glad your new TV worked out so smoothly. I fear the day when my big Sony in the livign room finally dies. Is there any way to replace it that a smart TV? For that matter can you still get a refrigerator that does not connect to the interweb?
I think it is now important for a fridge to be connected so it can automatically order more lettuce... that you will let go brown, just like the stuff you threw out. It is important to have healthy food in the fridge, that you can move to get to the good stuff. This new TV is smart - I asked it to solve a calculus problem for area under a curve and it said, "What are you, an engineer?" Maybe it's a smart-ass TV?
Oh, and - Live long and prosper.
Peace and long life.... \\//,
And happy birthday Steph!
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