2007-03-18 17:41:29 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
On old dial TV's the "one" was a "U" you tuned to get UHF channels on a second dial. Channels 2-13 or so were VHF channels. You needed two seperate antennas for the two frequencies, and still only got about six channels.
2007-03-18 17:53:50 · answer #1 · answered by Crash 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, this is an interesting question. The answer is that everyone wanted to be channel 1 in the beginning, so the FTC (Federal Television Commission, now known as the Bureau of Indian Affairs, because they already had the test pattern as a logo) decided that NO ONE could be channel 1. Just to piss people off, channel 1 is now just a bunch of tiny white and black dots and squiggly black bars waiving back and forth with a mixture of white noise and indecipherable audio tracks from The Gong Show. Word on the street is that Halliburton has secretly purchased the rights to channel 1 for an undisclosed amount of oil money so that they can show reruns of Jerry Lewis Telethons whenever they feel like it. So, that makes Halliburton a "strong buy" with projected gains in the 30-35% range over the next two quarters.
2007-03-19 00:55:09 · answer #2 · answered by SafetyDancer 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
While SafetyDancer's answer is rather humorous, none of the answers are correct. Read The Straight Dope below.
Oh, and burning's answer makes no sense at all. When the channels were set up, there were no remote controls. Even after simple remotes came out in the '50s, it was some time before remotes came out where you could actually type in a channel. On the early ones, you could just go up & down the channels.
2007-03-19 04:11:03 · answer #3 · answered by Flyboy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Burning's answer makes perfect sense. Having a channel 1 would create a big problem.
2007-03-19 01:07:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is easier to dispence with a channel 1 than to address the problems they would get in a remote control for channels requiring the 1 such as 12 through to 19
2007-03-19 00:51:22 · answer #5 · answered by burning brightly 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
ive seen a channel one on cable. but if ure talking about analog channels.. idont know, but my first guess would be the number is too low. the numbers i think represent frequencies or something like that. maybe 1 is too weak to get a reception? like my channel 2 for analog is my weakest channel
2007-03-19 00:46:52 · answer #6 · answered by RFJ 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
They do.
It's just before channel 2.
2007-03-19 00:45:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋