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Originally Posted by etype2
All three major networks, NBC, CBS and ABC went 100% color in the 1966/67 prime time season. This together with dropping prices spurred a rush to color by the buying public.
There were many publications saying color television was finally ready for prime time and the public was eger to adopt. I was 19 at the time (1966) and purchased my first color television which was a RCA 19 inch rectangular console.
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I would like to add to my earlier comment. I was reading about and watching the new advances being made with color television starting in 1964. Publications like Popular Science and many other electronic magazines were constantly bringing out articles about color TV. Even TV Guide magazine, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 buying guide inserts, etc. The local newspaper would have tech articles about color TV on Sunday's. They talked about the better reliability, brighter richer colors introduced by the "rare earth phosphors", automatic degaussing, AFT "one touch tuning", better reliability by switching to solid state, Moto's "Works in the drawer" color set, the switch to rectangular screens so you could see more of the color image being broadcast, etc, etc. The magazines would say, "now more then ever, it's much easier to tune in a color image and the prices were dropping." They would say the model selection was better then ever from a wide variety of manufacture and that was true. They would explain the proper antenna and using 75 ohm coax cable and why. I remember all this vividly, because I wanted to buy my first color set soon.
As stated in my earlier comment, and for me personally, I was able to buy color after starting my first full time job in 1965. Had to save up and wait until Summer of 1966. All the networks were promoting their new color fall show lineups and it was an exciting time. I felt it was worth my investment because now, all the prime time shows were in color.