Re: Turn Your Radio On ...

WokieSux282@ud0s4.net <WokieSux283@ud0s4.net> wrote:

On 2/1/25 12:05 AM, Rich wrote:

rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 20:08:17 -0500, WokieSux282@ud0s4.net wrote:
>

    It was common for US stations to start/end/both with the
    national anthem or something similar.  A test pic of an eagle
    or something 'patriotic' on the screen.  The practice kinda
    faded in the latter 60s once we had been told to be
    self-loathing.

>
The test patterns were dropped as color TV became more popular. 
Color TV drove my uncle crazy.  You had to be a little artistic to
adjust the RGB balance so everyone didn't look like a corpse and he
was a techie, not an artist.

 
I remember a "color" (which was really 'saturation') knob, and a
"tint" knob, but don't remember any sets with external knobs to
adjust R, G and B colors (other than maybe in the "no user
servicable parts inside" area...).

 
  SOME early color sets DID have RGB adjustments, but HIDDEN behind
  some undocumented holes in the console back.  You needed those
  special plastic screwdrivers OR to literally risk your life with
  metal ones.

Ah, so hidden inside.  Ok, had not seen any from the time with that.

But yes, getting color and tint just right so things looked half
normal instead of corpse or nauseated was a real challenge.

 
  Thing is, the proper balance changed from station to station ...

Well, when one had a choice of four total, it wasn't much fuss all in
all.  One could find a setting half close enough for the four.

By the time we had Cable, we also had the Sony with the "auto" setting,
so did not have to tweak for a grand 40 channels.

  Still kinda pref LCD over LED.  The LEDs can burn out but the LCD
  pixels don't.

LCD needs a secondary source of light, so either cold cathode tubes, or
LED's.

Granted, both are /easier/ to repair than an LED that is embedded in
the actual display panel when/if they burn out.


"easier" above being a 'relative' term (relative to fixing the "in
display panel LED"), it is likely there's nothing terribly "easy" in an
absolute sense even so.