Introducing the TV remote control!

[justmenate]

ALL SEVEN FUNCTIONS! HOLY SHIT!

[liwowoli]

At 2:27, the woman takes her little device out of the cabinet and sits down for hours of pure pleasure.

[Grapedrankstank]

What they didn't tell you is that there was a 2-foot tall negro in each unit that changed the channels for you when you used the remote by way of a shock collar which gave a series of shocks depending on what you wanted to do.

[4gasem]

And here I am using my phone to control my system... I didn't know they had these!

[boogiefever1985]

Wow the remote has a handy storage space!

[GaolisVideoLog]

They forgot to mention the brick function this thing has. No, but seriously. This is a very informative commercial. And it's good to see how far we've come.

[SAIL4323]

All seven functions!

[HaakonAnderson]

My HDTV is actually made of the worlds finest wood!!!! I can prove it!!! What you think of that you bitch fucker fuckers!!!

[1337BananaL33TVostok]

"now you are in control"

[fifemaster100]

love the hooka in the background

[ACEDcomputers]

@fifemaster100

Thats not a hookah

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Wow, a remote that actually controls.

[moviereviews4life]

If you noticed they seem to care very much on how the sets looked and how it was taken care of, I mean you never lost a remote, because there was a storage space for it. I also love the wooden look to it

[jsteiger2228]

...you know both amplifiers are turned off... (Because it might catch fire in the middle of the night if you left it on???

[jsteiger2228]

....while this front window channel indicator, lets you know at a glance what channel you are viewing, even from across the room...

GENIUS!

[internezzo]

what's wrong with that woman?

[OofusTwillip]

The narrator sounds like Ray Bolger.

[OofusTwillip]

This was before advertisers had to superimpose a disclaimer saying "All pictures simulated".  There's no way you'd get such crisp, clear pictures on your TV at home!

[00IRON001]

wood>plastic. i hate plastic pieces of shit

[riceboy1701e]

Hmmm...remote control. I dunno...sounds like a newfangled contraption that might never catch on. ;-)

[CriCk712]

Plastic > Trees. Talk about going Green!

[dLimboStick]

ALL 13 CHANNELS!!!!!!

[japierce15]

if we crafted everything today from the "finest woods", we would pay a fortune for everything because its so expensive. i'm good with plastic. it probably lasts longer anyway.

[valeo626]

it wasn't actually wireless. if you look closely there's an invisible wire

[thedirtydeltas]

They took so much pride in it all in those days I wish they'd make wooden TVs now. Thin ones but wooden would be cool!

[chipmunked1]

is that a hookah beside the tv?

[TheZepmeister]

Those old tv's glowed in the dark when you shut them off after being on for awhile.

[musicom67]

Love that guy's dialect..... "TINT! KULLER! .... AWN-AWFF!"

[LordOrwell2]

a friend of mine had one of these. They must have had it for 30 years. The remote didn't work with IR. It actually had bells in it and the tv detected the bell noise.

[frankp3]

@LordOrwell2 The older ones in the 50's used small tuning forks.

[MrPocketWatch1]

Is this JFK? Sounds like him.

[halifaxshayman27]

why does the video end with a styrofoam star dangling above an oilfield fire??

[thaichubby101]

next 10-15 yrs, you son or grandchild will ask you "what's the Iphone?" and they will laught to you when they see you still use BB

[imajika2]

The narrator has such a bad accent! Luckily, the actress was a babe so people would still watch the movie and buy a fine RCA product!

[AgentPepsi1]

Where can I get this "ultimate in television"? I will get my husband to move it around since it looks like it weighs a ton!

[lexyzimus]

"you can operate every control, all seven functions" - life seems so simple back then ...

[KriptoDie]

My FaltScreen Coby does that to.

[spotikas]

its very big remote

[KriptoDie]

@spotikas About as big as a dish network remote.

[ShadowRockerMan]

"amazing when did this happen all my life i had to get put and use options it must be every hard to find on for any tv and they must cost a furtion"

[geekforlifevandc]

wait i dont need to get up to change the channels or volume holy crap when does it come out?

[jbearden]

great invention,

[blackeyedsiouxsie]

I can't wait until this comes out.

[Ragrog105]

Damn, can you imagine that? What next?

[LanceHall]

Color, brightness, tint buttons? Hmmm, I guess back then the color, brightness and tint consistancy between stations was a problem.

[MrClassicAds]

It's just that now you can adjust all of those things on the TV's menu.

[KriptoDie]

@LanceHall My flatscreen Coby does that.

[FrasoFTW]

that's a teapot

[guitarmagic95]

HOLY CRAP THAT LOOKS LIKE A BONG!

[zarkoasenov]

yep

[jdgator95]

Wow a lot harder to lose the remote back then. It's a brick!

[qwertz8484]

Seven functions? No kidding?

So I can't change from 4:3 to 16:9 via the remote? What about ordering Pay-per-view? I still have to get up for those functions? What a useless new device!

[sandhgreen]

This narrative tone would never work today, but must have been effective in it's day.

Another un-necessary item, but packaged and presented to make the consumer want it, badly.

We didn't have a TV until 1970, then a used B/W set withOUT remote.

It's funny how today we have HDTV, but I personally don't watch it anymore! All my TV watching takes place here on YOUTUBE.

[megaswenson]

I agree. The announcer's accent is seriously scary.

When the change to digital occurred, we didn't bother with the convertor boxes...never had cable....are not about to pay to hear the systematic disinformation Big Media is pushing these days. The internet, especially youtube, offers as much entertainment as we have time for.

[SamPD2]

@megaswenson Agreed.

[megaswenson]

You're TV-Free, too? Fantastic!

[IMakeOrWatchVideos]

i need it!

[classicphile]

What year was this film made and how much did that tv cost back then?

[frankp3]

@classicphile A TV like that would cost between $800 and $1000. A lot of money for 1961!

[cubantoro]

I remember when we got our RCA Victor color tv entertainment center in 1969. My parents would set the color and tint one way... and I would set in to a more natural color setting... until I was told never to touch the set again.

It lasted till 1977.

[toggomusic]

ALL 7 FUNCTIONS XDDDDD

[biscaya08]

I like the storage place for the remote control..

[beerrox711]

at 5.50 the narrerator sounds like hes hosting the twilight zone

[majortuff]

THE ULTIMATE IN TELEVISION! THE SUPREME ACHIEVEMENT IN TELEVISION TECHNOLOGY!! :D :D

Gotta gets me one!

[Lachlant1984]

That channel indicator looks like it's a machanical flip down indicator and not a VFD type one.

[chabba77]

Yep, it's the same old fashioned mechanical tuner, only with a motor. No synthesized tuning yet.

[bcrvideo]

Great video.

[StereoMike06]

Electronics were center pieces back then. Made of the finest woods and metals, unlike today's plastic garbage.

[cobolsaurus]

hehehehheh true

[store275]

They also weighed a ton too!!

[chabba77]

Mostly because they were full of vacuum tubes. Notice the TV in this clip comes on right away, while in real life back then you had to wait a minute or two after turning it on before it actually DID anything.

[KriptoDie]

@StereoMike06 Why did they quit doing that? Where they too heavy and expensive?

[Individuell83]

@StereoMike06 and that's the reason why most of it still works because it's quality...

I'm sure most of the stuff people have today will not work or even excist anymore in 30 years

[AgentPepsi1]

@StereoMike06

When was the last time you heard of a television failing from use (and not abuse)?

How many TV-repairmen do you know of today?

No thank you, I will take my LCD any day of the week over that thing.

[StereoMike06]

@AgentPepsi1

TV's of now offer superior resolution, color balance, contrast ratio, enjoyment, but; what happens when it stops working, It's thrown out. That is the nature of integrated circuits. Yes, without them we would not have nearly the technology we have today, there is something amiss about the ability to replace a small part and have it work again, Usually a bad tube. But why do most new items have to be made of such cheap materials? That's inexcusable, not the advancement of technology

[scotty1time]

@StereoMike06 You'd really want a modern large-screen HDTV to be permanently encased in a gigantic, heavy hardwood case? Do you miss those wood panel station wagons too?

[StereoMike06]

@scotty1time Your not getting the point. The point is craftsmanship was much better in this era.

[iwolchuckup]

@scotty1time

Yes on both counts, although I'd put a modern flat screen in something more resembling a picture frame.

[MultiPcExpert]

@StereoMike06 Not agree

[ianchard]

What beautiful design. It must have cost a fortune.

[Msdos4]

HOURS OF PLEASURE.

[americayay]

OMG! Does the person who posted this seriously have a photo referencing Santa Clause Conquers the Martians? I thought that I was the only person who LOVED that movie!

[Plan9wood]

When my parents finally ditched the old TV that's knobs had to be changed by using pliers we got a fancy new remote controlled TV.(this was around 1993) The remote didn't add any convenience however because we did not have cable TV we still had to get up and change the direction of the antenna on the antenna box thing in order to tune in the channel.

[oooowwwwdddd]

your parents sound like white bastards. Serves true though. As we can see in this film only clean perfect white family people were alowed to own one of these nifty thrifty deluxe modern color television sets.

[Plan9wood]

Huh? White bastards? I don't get it.

[MIKON8ERISBACK]

@Plan9wood I don't want to be a prick, but was this in a low income environment, and what kind of TV was it?

[Plan9wood]

@MIKON8ERISBACK Your not being a prick. We did not have cable because we couldn't afford it, we didn't have cable because we lived in the country and the cable didn't run that far out of town. As far as the TV goes, no I don't think they could afford one at the time + my parents weren't the type to buy something new until the old appliance broke completely. Both the old TV and the one they replaced with were RCA's. + My Dad claim that 27 inch TVs cost like $5,000 back in the day.

[GaolisVideoLog]

@Plan9wood I hear you, man. I hear you.

[wmcintire]

You could really get a workout lifting that gi-normous remote!

[Bluevertro]

I can't stop looking away... o_o

[Chickenpainter111]

ALL 7?!

[natedoggcata]

thats a big ass remote.

You know I always wonder why they would add a setting even today on a TV that adjusts the picture so you cant even see it.

[chameleonday]

The narrator sounds like one of the Kennedys.

[NevermindTheCoals]

OMG - they have things called remote comtrols now? awesome^^