Chris C wrote:Not certain exactly when, but I remember seeing a little tiny rounded screen that was flat on the top and bottom around 1949. Families from all over gathered at this house (the home of my aunt's soon to be husband's parent's) to watch this "new-fangled" thing called television.
Chris, my Mom was the "high tech" one in the family. We didn't have much extra money but we had a TV and several radios.
I too remember peole were always inviting themselves over to see the TV.
Leon wrote: I remember our first remote had a long cable that plugged into the back of the set. We stuck it under the rug so we wouldn't trip on it.
We had an Admiral TV with a cordless remote in the late 50's. It was funny when my Dad came home and threw his keys on the table. The channels would change by themselves.
We finially realized that the brass keys were sending the same signal as the (tuning fork style) remote. We were al ready to take the TV back when my Mom figured it out.
Of course we only got 3 or four channels so the remote was just a gadget