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It was '73 when Dad got our first color TV. He didn't skimp on it either! He bought a Curtis Mathis home entertainment center! Along with the beautiful color TV, It had a record player and 8 track on one side and then a FM/AM receiver on the other. It was 6 or 7ft long! I think it was just under $800. LOT of $$$ for 73!
Mom was STILL using it in 89! It was still working fine, but it was degraded. She wanted to keep the entertainment center, so she made me find a CRT that would fit!
When I moved her out to my farm, she wanted to bring it out there, but I put my foot down. I bought her her first flat screen and tied it in with an audio system. She was in pure heaven! She could see everything very clearly and also hear.
our first color tv was the good ol' 19" RCA XL100....a very popular tv in thoze dayz & milez above our old b&w....needless to say, the RCA was solid state, and thus fired right up, but our old b&w was an old console Zenith tube job, and well, need i say more-?

