Yep, actually thought about assembly hall when I started this thread. Barely above the tops of the players heads.
“Honey”? Tighten up Drew
I think that is about the best. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems like Kansas is not bad either.
I think it's fine. Now if they kept that garbage alternate view that ESPN tried a few years back I would stop watching.
Black and white really wasn't that bad. The no remote part sucked but there were not that many options any way.
My first TV was something like this.
Went to Woolworths downtown years ago. They had a piece of plastic that you taped to the front of your TV. It had a blue shade at the top clear in the middle and brown at the bottom. It said it would make you have a color TV. I guess it would make a western look like it was in color!! Lol
Hopefully this pic will post it took forever to track down. This was my first, a 1950 Dumont. I still have a 13" B&W in the closet. As far as computer I had a commodore 64 as a first. When we first got internet it was a blazing 14.4k if you could actually get connected.My first TV was something like this.
That bad boy had a huge big screen of like 12" of black and white glory. It had the old screw on coaxial cable adapter that my NES was hooked to. Tore up some Super Mario Bros and Castlevania on it. I opened the TV up and connected a pair of those old removable jam box speakers to the internal speaker to give it a little upgrade. Took it with me when I got to my permanent duty station in the Air Force.
Used it until I could finally afford my first big color TV. It was a 27" with picture in picture and had a built in subwoofer on the back. It was like $619. Combine that with my first PC (a Tandy with like a 25 MHz processor, RAM in the kilobytes, a hard drive with probably less than 10MB, and a modem at a blazing 2400 baud) for like $1000. Kids/young adults today don't realize how good they have it.
Wow that is so realistic! These young folks don’t know how hard we had it!! Lol😂
When I got married we had a 9 inch that we put on a TV tray. The knob broke and we changed the channel with vice grips!! People were starting to get remotes. I said if people can’t get up to change the channels they don’t need a TV. Now if my remote gets misplaced the whole house gets tore up!! Lol
My dad had one just like it. I was the remote.My first TV was something like this.
That bad boy had a huge big screen of like 12" of black and white glory. It had the old screw on coaxial cable adapter that my NES was hooked to. Tore up some Super Mario Bros and Castlevania on it. I opened the TV up and connected a pair of those old removable jam box speakers to the internal speaker to give it a little upgrade. Took it with me when I got to my permanent duty station in the Air Force.
Used it until I could finally afford my first big color TV. It was a 27" with picture in picture and had a built in subwoofer on the back. It was like $619. Combine that with my first PC (a Tandy with like a 25 MHz processor, RAM in the kilobytes, a hard drive with probably less than 10MB, and a modem at a blazing 2400 baud) for like $1000. Kids/young adults today don't realize how good they have it.
Bonanza was the 1st show I saw in color and I thought WOW !
When I was a kid, my brothers and I WERE the remote controls for my dad.
I think they had to move the cameras because the roof was falling in on the old location.
Remember when you first got cable and they had the boxes with the slider switch that you'd put by your couch/chair across the room from your TV? Almost as good as a remote minus the trip hazard.
Yes and it gets worse the closer you get to the equator.
I would like an angle from the other end that is high. You could see the play develope straight on.I think it's fine. Now if they kept that garbage alternate view that ESPN tried a few years back I would stop watching.
This view made me want to find who was responsible and punch them in the throat. Sometimes things don’t need fixing. ESPN always trying to get cute and it rarely ever ends up being a good idea. This was one of their dumbest. I was so pissed off during this game.I think it's fine. Now if they kept that garbage alternate view that ESPN tried a few years back I would stop watching.
OP, I agree completely. That OSU/WVU game was a good watching experience. I liked the mic'd up ref too.
First cable box I remember was set top. It was white with faux wood grain on top and had a key lock to move the black slider left or right. It was for HBO only. I know what you are referring too though and that came almost a decade later around here.
I think it's fine. Now if they kept that garbage alternate view that ESPN tried a few years back I would stop watching.
Pretty sure they were forced to shut it down mid game because of the fan outrage. Must have been a lot of the BBN calling into ESPN that night. 😂
I think this is the one I am talking about. I don't remember the second box but we must have had it to.
The best I remember that kind of box was more like '85 or '86 here. The one I described was '76 when we first got it.I think this is the one I am talking about. I don't remember the second box but we must have had it to.
My uncle worked for Storer Cable in Louisville back then and he told us about sticking a butter knife in the side of the box by the cord and it would unscramble the premium channels. We used to go over to his house for Thanksgiving and he would get the WWF Survivor Series PPV. I don't know what box he used but to get PPV back then. I believe you got some kind of device that hooked into the box to unscramble it when you paid for it.
