[Drew68]

Then, in 1967, we got a COLOR TV. Talking about living large. Cable killed the family communal TV experience.

In 1967, your dad probably paid 4 months' salary for that color television. Families only had one TV. That's all they could afford. And if it broke, you called a TV repairman.

Today's TVs are dirt-cheap throwaway items. By the time they break, they're already obsolete and even a brand-new 65" 4K television will cost the average American consumer less than a month's salary.

[dfwgator]

In 1967, your dad probably paid 4 months' salary for that color television. Families only had one TV. That's all they could afford. And if it broke, you called a TV repairman.

"And that's the way it was....AND WE LIKED IT!"

[TomGuy]

About 1975, I bought my first 19” color portable. It cost nearly $600.

In 2007 I bought my first wide-screen LCD — 32” 720p for about $750.

I have been thinking about a newer 4k, as they are in the $600 range, but that 2007 LCD still has great color and all kinds of peripheral device connections.

[shotgun]

We had two color TVs in 1968, the big TV/Stereo combo one in the living room and the portable in my parents bedroom. And yes some of our friends thought we were “rich”.