Early 60's as the new season approaches

[frenchy]

I wasn't born with color started. But HDTV was sort of similar to color switchover for me. When I got my HDTV set I had a vhf/uhf on my chimney already but it needed a boost to pick up some of the weaker digital channels from Los Angeles 50 miles away. So I boosted it with a separate uhf antenna on the same mast to get more signal. Then I had to trim a big tree I had in back because it was blowing around and sometimes cutting the signal off!
Then had to do the same crap at my Mom's house to get her HDTV set up.
I have been watching the last two years as more and more shows are converted or added in HDTV. Used to be rare to have two HDTV shows on at once, now you can see ones occasionally on ABC, CBS, NBC, WB and FOX all in the same time slot. (Not that easy since the last two go to local news at 10 instead of 11.) Basically all of the primetime cop shows are hdtv now, sitcoms too. News magazine shows have lagged, none are in HD.
Plus I remember two years ago there were a lot more 'growing pains' with the local stations and networks than I see now - pictures screwed up, sound missing or not synched right. NBC station here in LA a few times showed the program all chopped into about a dozen squares and all rearranged randomly! Similar to the early days of color where the color was inconsistent or sometimes would cut out.
So instead of saying that was then this is now, I say... what comes around goes around ; )