what is an early color television - a definition????

[Oldstuff78]

I think what people think as early color TV will vary. Having been born in 1978,I tend to think anything made before 1970 as being a classic, but a lot of people will disagree with that.

A lot of homes didn't have color TV until the 70's and even the 80's. I grew up during the 80's and remember going to peoples houses that still had b&w sets.

My parents didn't have a color set until they got married in 1971. My Mom says she couldn't believe her eyes when she saw color TV.

I was recently watching a 1969 episode of Love American Style and there was a segment where a guy talks about inviting a girl up to his apartment to see color TV and that she had never seen it before. He was lying to get her up to his place and only had a B&W set from the early 50's. Even then Color TV was a novelty.

I guess it's all in the eye of the beholder of what designates a Early color set. I think most peoples ideas come from their life experiences and what was happening in technology while they were growing up.

I have a 1969 Sylvania Hybrid and I think of it as a classic, but most would not.