40 years of color television in Germany

[Sandy G]

"All of these sets were very unreliable"...Sounds MOST un-German-like to me. Germany still had a thriving electronics industry in the mid-60s, its still a mystery to me why it took you guys-indeed, ALL of Western Europe-so long to develop a color TV system. And it wasn't like we were keeping anything secret-Anybody could have gone to a major store in any town in the US, plunked down $500-600, & gone home w/a spanking new color TV. Sure, it would have cost a pretty penny to ship one to Europe, but it could have been done..Certainly, there would have been contacts between RCA/Zenith/Motorola/Magnavox & some of the big electronics firms in Europe-Industry/trade groups, this sort of thing. People in these industries typically know one another, & they DO talk, competition & corporate rivalry notwithstanding. Maybe it was harder to share information 40,50 years ago-no internet, but it still could have been done.