1971 RCA XL-100 TV commercial

1971 RCA XL-100 TV commercial

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[SmakkWitt]

I was "still watching black and white TV" for another eight years after that. I was such a deprived child! :(

[JTPolo101]

We didn't get a color TV til '73 I think. i know iot was the RCA Color Trak models ....a whopping 25 inches *LOL*

I remember the commercials for the color trak. Various celebrities (I remember Samantha Eggar in particular on the screen stating all the clors of her dress, her hair, the background and how RCA locks them on track and displays them at their most vivid.

How the hell do I remember all this crap *LOL*

[jodicoady]

ba ha ha...I don't even have a flat screen tv yet, so I can kinda relate to how the "black and white" tv owners felt back then.

[drh4683]

@screenjims2006

The Motorola Works in a Drawer was nationally introduced during the 4th quarter of 1967. I have a very early production unit in my collection manufactured in July of 67 and sold new on August 15, 1967 per the original paperwork. The "Works in a Drawer" concept was first promoted by Motorola under the name "Quasar". In September of 1968, Motorola took the name from their solid state color TV's and launched a seperate entity known as the Quasar division to be its own brand name

[drh4683]

@packrat79

The worlds first mass produced solid state color TV was the Motorola Works in a Drawer. The year was 1967.

[buckeyedej]

Packrat79: RCA/NBC developed the NTSC standard, so I doubt Sony was the first.

[jdollinter]

Bought a '19 portable used '71 RCA color set in '85 from a TV repair shop. It had been reconditioned and worked good but it weighed a ton and put off a lot of heat.

My utility bill doubled.

[texasghost]

I often wondered why it took so long for the Integrated circuit which had been developed back in the late 50's to make it to appliances and entertainment systems?

Radio manufacturers started developing IC technology in the late 60's...followed by TVs in the early 70's.

Were manufacturers not willing to change how they made their devices?

[Sheri451]

My parents had a color TV ever since I can remember, but I had a B&W one in my room forever until I graduated high school and went to work in 1981. Back then, you could buy a B&W TV for around 45 dollars, They didn't make floor models then, just the 16 or 19 inch you put on a table.

[micmac99]

We didn't get our color TV until 1978 and it lasted all of two months before it broke down. It was an XL-100. Replaced it with a small 10 inch BW, didn't get another color TV for the next 5 or 6 years. Our grandmother kept her 1966 Philco BW until about 1982(!!!) when she got a color TV from Sears.

[MattTheSaiyan]

@RoyKnable But the big, heavy 25 CRT has nicer styling when it comes to the case!