when a car passed your house, the screen went zig-zag, and you could hear the spark plugs firing on the audio. You indulged to get an antenna up on the roof, instead of the rabbit ears. They sold a chimney strapping kit, so you could do it yourself. The tv repairmen spung up to meet so many demands, no different now than the cable guys. No radio shack, just a tube tester, with instuctions written ( in english only) on the floor of your local drug store. They were better days back then, people knew how to do for themselves, and there were no couch potatoes.
2007-01-22 00:19:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Yes. It is called the "Vertical Hold" and "Horizontal Hold" of the old picture tubes. They were capable of being interfered with in the days when the equipment was much more sensitive to electrical interference, and even walking in front of the rabbit-ear antennas might interfere with the reception. . Almost unknown in TV sets today, which have much more picture stability than those of 40 or 50 years ago.
2007-01-22 00:45:21 · answer #1 · answered by JOHN B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep.
Also watching Ultraman on UHF channels, where you changed the channel by turning the antenna dial, then running outside to watch the antenna re-align itself. I used to get into trouble for endleessly re-alinging the antenna. And there was the endless static from ham radios in the neighbourhoods interferring with reception.
2007-01-22 00:25:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! TV sets were round, and the picture was snowy. People left their doors unlocked; neighbors took care of neighbors; kids were not drugged out with weird hair and body piercings, and shooting each other with real guns. Dad worked and made the living, Mom was at home with the grandparents and the kids.
2007-01-22 00:29:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do. My stepfather was the local TV repairman and our sitting room/kitchen/hallway was choc-a-bloc with sets waiting to be repaired. I even recall one where the controls were on the top of the TV in a little compartment with a lid ...
2007-01-22 00:23:58 · answer #4 · answered by Eden* 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes these were the days before good television reception and the radio provided the most reliable type of entertainment.
2007-01-22 01:14:26 · answer #5 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no but I remember my dad yelling at me that I was going to break the tuner by turning the dial too fast.
2007-01-22 00:35:13 · answer #6 · answered by Marge Simpson 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋