Tuesday, November 8, 2022

WOW, Sure Is Condfusing to Watch TV These Days

 


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.