Continuing with some significant dates in the history of television.
1948-- The US goes from fewer than 200,000 sets to 975,000. The '47 Yankees-Dodgers World Series spurs sales in NYC.
1954-- NBC airs the first national color broadcast: the New Year's Day Tournament of Roses Parade.
1974-- Two-thirds of US homes have color TVs. Even we had one, but only one.
1981-- MTV debuts. The first song: the Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star." It quickly became a favorite of mine when we got cable in 1985, back when they played video.
2007-- Flat panels lead the US market. We still do not have one, but will whenever the current ones start breaking down. All of ours are still analog, but we have cable.
PREDICTIONS
2013-- Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology will create flexible screens as thin as paper.
2020-- Using a keyboard, couch potatoes will rant on a scrolling screen bar, chat with producers of live shows.
TOP MODELS
GE had the first US set in 1928. France's was in 1929. The first colot TV set hit in 1948, rabbit ears in 1956.
Have to Go, A Good TV Show is Coming On. --Da Coot
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