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ProudMNDemocrat

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2. The FIRST show to be broadcast in Living Color.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Sep 12, 2022, 07:21 AM

Sep 2022

We had our first Color TV in 1963. My dad repaired them on the side as he was a Design Engineer for Lockheed Missiles and Space in Sunnyvale from January 1962 to 1972.

Living color was a breakthrough then. It is the norm now. HD to be exact.

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