As I sit in
front of my 50-inch television with surround sound and access to an infinite number
of channels and programs, you may wonder: what could he possibly complain about?
After all, I
clearly remember the TV watching experience of my youth. The high-tech
equipment we owned was a 12-inch black and white TV loaded to the gills with three
channels – ABC, CBS and NBC.
All of the
shows available were from those networks and were only presented once during
the season, with some sporadic reruns appearing during the summer. After hours
(midnight to 8am or so) the TV offered only a weird graphic that was called a
Test Pattern.
TV viewing was
simpler back then and very regimented.
