15-11-2019, 12:12 AM
(14-11-2019, 08:33 AM)ppppenguin Wrote: Amie, this is very interesting. A hint of some real evidence of people watching in B&W. Or perhaps on older colour sets that didn't have AV inputs.
Only one definite example of a non enthusiast still owning B/W only that I know of is an elderly lady who lives in the village where dad grew up. from that time, she purchased a new GEC 24" 625 set that she still has, claiming to only watch the news and the odd film. Dad repaired it for her a few times, and described it as "triggers broom", and never very reliable.
The lady is now in her nineties and I believe still uses it with freeview and one of the modulator boxes, she told me a couple of years ago that it was the only TV they ever owned, and they bought it the year dad was eight!....making the set 47 years old.
There was some media interest with her too some while ago, because she was being pestered about the licence, but she says she got fed up with the fool questions, and people trampling the carpet!
Amie
