Remember then?

[GReedDiamond]

17. I remember, in the early 1960s to mid-70s, having tv sets all over the house...

...including my own remote control (Zenith analog clicker device) tv in my room.

Plus tvs in pretty much all rooms of the house, including a small portable tv in the main bathroom.

The reason was, my stepfather was the lead electronics engineer for Zenith, and he was allowed to bring all of the new designs home to test them in real time, under "average family circumstances."

Here's a link to a Zenith promo from the early 60s - the remote control shown in the still is like the one I had:

I had a nice color tv in my room - in the early 70s - that was testing the effectiveness of something that was supposed to reduce the amount of "harmful radiation" emanating from the tv.

I asked stepdad, "howzit workin?" and he said, it was interfering with the quality of the image, so he had disconnected the device so my tv picture would look better.

I guess he didn't care about the radiation so much.

And no, I did not get to keep any of the tvs.