Quote History Our first color TV was a Heathkit console behemoth that my dad built shortly after moving into our first home.
We had just traveled back from overseas after he finished up some gvt contractor work. It was about 1971, after a year of settling into the new home.
The remote had like 4 buttons on it and turned the TV channel dial with an electronic servo.
The ultrasonic frequency always confused our first dog, and he'd tilt his head with a confused look on his pup face.
Back then, it was the "state of art," in tech.
Yep. There was red carpeting, black vinyl couches, white wallpaper, and a lava lamp on the TV console, while we watched the latest news on the war in Vietnam, followed by "Laugh-in".
That being said, the 60's and 70's were great times, and a part of Americana that were very special (IMHO).