I'm watching *The Thing* 1951, but it's in black and white. What year did colour TV's get introduced

Answer 1

First color broadcast was the Tournament of Roses Parade on January 1, 1954. The TVs on that day were only in the hands of NBC, since they did the broadcast as a demonstration. The TVs were mass-produced in March of that year.

Answer 2

Programs were first broadcast in color in 1954, but due to the fact that the receivers were so expensive, color TV didn't become widespread until the early 1960's.

However "The Thing" is a movie. Color movies came fairly early but were expensive and difficult to produce and it wasn't until the mid-sixties that films finally became primarily in color.

By 1951 (the year "The Thing" was released) color movies did exist, but chances are the director of "The Thing" chose to shoot in black and white to save money. I've seen the movie a few times and I can honestly say that I don't think color would have made it any better. Which is not to say it's bad, but rather that it's just fine the way it is.

Answer 3

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blcolortelevision.htm
incedently that movie's a classic. It's got a plot, unlike most movies nowadays.

"Between 1946 and 1950 the research staff of RCA Laboratories invented the world’s first electronic, monochrome compatible, color television system." - From IEEE Milestone Plaque."

Answer 4

Around 1965... look at old Bewitched episodes half where in B/W other half in color. 1965 seems to be when they were all starting to go to color...

Answer 5

1958 i belive

Answer 6

1953, IIRC... But, no one could afford them for a few years!

Answer 7

I am thinking 55...but I do not have fact to back it up...sorry...