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Originally posted by Jeffhs
I said I liked the looks of the light-through channel selectors on RCA's CTC16, but that was about all I liked about that console. I nearly laughed out loud, however, when I read Bryan's comment about the image of a rich woman decked out in jewelry, with a poodle in her lap, barking commands at her servants, etc., all the while watching soap operas or old movies, etc. on a TV in that style of cabinet (and with the remote close at hand, of course).
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Hey you hucklebuck, it was I, Kaballah who wrote that drivel!
Isn't it interesting to think how television came of age in the 50's....the era of modern pushbutton everything, except TV sets?
Pushbutton automatic transmissions (Packard, THEN Chrysler and Edsel), stoves, washing machines, etc etc. Not until the 70's did pushbutton
on set tuning controls appear--granted remote controls had this much earlier, but not quite the same thing at least in terms of styling.
That's one of the key things that always struck me about my precious heath GR-2000's, their futuristic neutered look in terms of knobs.
Anthony (AKA Kaballah)