Color TV brand popularity - 1960's

[spankomatic]

Oh! Can't forget the remote!

 

[launderess]

You Boys And Your Toys (Electronics)

*LOL*

I could sit here all day listening to y'all go back and forth with this interesting conversation, but there are a few things I should be rinsing out. *LOL*

My color television story? Boring and simple. We had a B/W set (Emerson) until one day Mother Dear redecorated the living room and then we had a nice new Zenith color television with wood cabinet.

That wood cabinet was about as close as one got to the thing (when polishing as part of one's household chores), as the old B/W set was banished downstairs to the rumpus room for we children to watch. The living-room and thus color set were strictly off limits for us, though we were allowed in when one or both parents were watching something. *LOL*

 

[rp2813]

Magnavox Remote

Oh yeah Jim, I remember friends had a portable with that same remote.  Miles of button travel and at the end of it, resistance, a thunk and then it went "Psssshhhhh."

 

Apologies for adding to this thread.

 

Now everybody click over to part two!

 

[passatdoc]

Zenith Space Command remote hijacked by a dog

We had relatives in San Bernardino with a Zenith color tv perched in a built-in custom closet occupying a full wall (opposite the bed) of the master bedroom. They had a miniature (not toy) poodle with an ID tag and license tag on his collar. These medals would jingle as the dog walked around, and sometimes he'd hit the right frequency and turn the tv on or off by accident. I remember watching the tv, the dog would walk in and either the channel would change or the tv would turn itself off.