On December 30, 1953, Admiral introduced the first home color television set for $1,175.00

[mahatmakanejeeves]

From IcyPeas, a year ago

Fri Dec 31, 2021: On December 30, 1953, Admiral introduced the first home color television set for $1,175.00

[CurtEastPoint]

1. over $12K in 2022 dollars!

[True Dough]

2. The programming

better be REALLY good for that price!

[CurtEastPoint]

9. I mean... FREE HBO at least! LOL!

[flying_wahini]

3. That was a ridiculous price even back then. Only the wealthy had color TV's.

[Ocelot II]

4. For the equivalent of $12K the color should have been better than it was.

I remember seeing a color tv in an appliance store window, probably early '60s, and the color was kind of greenish and weird. It took quite awhile to get it right. I think a color tv in the early days was mainly a status symbol, since there weren't even that many shows in color. The NBC peacock logo was the network's promotion of its color shows, which were often introduced with the announcement, "Brought to you in living color!" Except that the color didn't look "living" until at least the '70s.

[rzemanfl]

5. People we knew had one when I was very young,

most likely 1954. My grandmother won a color TV in a raffle around 1958. I remember Bonanza being one of the few shows in color at that time.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. Her set would have been just warming up (so to speak) when Bonanza went on the air.

Mon Sep 12, 2022: On this day, September 12, 1959, "Bonanza" went on the air.

Sun Sep 12, 2021: On this day, September 12, 1959, "Bonanza" went on the air.

Bonanza



Original release September 12, 1959 – January 16, 1973

Bonanza was an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 431 episodes, Bonanza is NBC's longest-running western, and ranks overall as the second-longest-running western series on U.S. network television (behind CBS's Gunsmoke), and within the top 10 longest-running, live-action American series. The show continues to air in syndication. The show is set in the 1860s and it centers on the wealthy Cartwright family who live in the vicinity of Virginia City, Nevada, bordering Lake Tahoe. The series initially starred Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker and Michael Landon and later featured (at various times) Guy Williams, David Canary, Mitch Vogel and Tim Matheson. The show is known for presenting pressing moral dilemmas.

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1959 (430 Episoden in 14 Staffeln)

Lorne Greene - Benjamin „Ben" Cartwright

[rzemanfl]

7. It could have been 1959 when she won it. n/t

[CurtEastPoint]

10. and Walt Disney.

[rzemanfl]

12. Yes, but that was Sunday night. We would have gone home before it started. n/t

[packman]

8. Remember those lens type things to simulate color

My cousins had one on a stand that gave a rainbow-like view on their B&W TV

[rzemanfl]

11. I remember seeing one of those in a store window.

I was five years old or younger. I am clear on that because we moved before I was six.

[Iwasthere]

13. I remember those

Also I remember our first remote for our console. Big round mechanical buttons, made a clunk sound when you changed channels. You could feel it.

[packman]

14. Ha - Our remote control, back in the 50's

was me sitting by that huge TV/radio combo and my dad telling me to switch between the 4 or 5 available channels back then.

[electric_blue68]

15. Wow! THAT Far Back?!