Those were the days...

[billowens]

Some of us have been a member of this great group for many years.
When I first started here is when HD was just starting to come around. Couldn't wait for the next Dish uplink report anticipating new channels that had been added and especially which channels were lighting up in HD! I hurried home to check out my new HD channels.
I also remember the time when our local channels were added and when they converted to HD.
Those were the days...

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

How I wish for those days again. Unfortunately progress always marches on.

 

[billowens]

How I wish for those days again. Unfortunately progress always marches on.

Yes sir, it does. I guess I'm revealing my age!

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[cpdretired]

I remember going to Sears to watch color TV. How old am I?

 

[MikeD-C05]

It's all down hill for Satellite from here on out. The only question is when you will stop using them entirely. With the prices continuing to go up for programming and the ever increasing DISH fees added to customer bills , it is harder and harder to stay with them.

 

[Bruce]

I remember going to Sears to watch color TV. How old am I?

112?

 

[mdonnelly]

I remember our family watching B&W TV on an Admiral 19" console, with AM radio and a 78 rpm phonograph. It must have been new in 1955.

 

[charlesrshell]

I remember going to Sears to watch color TV. How old am I?

I remember them there days.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I remember going to Sears to watch the Retailer Chats, then having DISH get all pissed off I was watching and threatening local retailers for leaking me information from the chats... when in reality I was just watching at sears. They never bugged me there.

 

[comfortably_numb]

It's all down hill for Satellite from here on out

That's why I'm back into FTA using Ku dishes.... love finding wild feeds and scanning the skies... going to enjoy it as long as I can...

 

[Juan]

I remember going to Sears to watch color TV. How old am I?

Was there a wireless remote with the tv?

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[TheKrell]

Was there a wireless remote with the tv?

When I was a boy, we had a B&W tube-based Zenith. It had a mechanical tuner and a sonic remote that could produce two tones. One ran a motor to go up one channel, while the other ran the volume up. No down button on either!

 

[mwdxer1]

As a kid in 1956, we got our first B&W TV. It wasn't until the mid 60s when we got Color TV. In 1985 I bought my first Big Dish as we only had 12 cable channels and no OTA here. I got Dish in 1999. Now I stream a lot of stuff with a Roku, Chromecast, and soon to have a Fire Stick. Direct TV and Dish Sling are both selling streaming packages. In fact I read last week that soon Direct Now will be offering a complete set of locals with their streaming packages. Satellite & Cable days are numbered.

 

[Juan]

As a kid in 1956, we got our first B&W TV. It wasn't until the mid 60s when we got Color TV. In 1985 I bought my first Big Dish as we only had 12 cable channels and no OTA here. I got Dish in 1999. Now I stream a lot of stuff with a Roku, Chromecast, and soon to have a Fire Stick. Direct TV and Dish Sling are both selling streaming packages. In fact I read last week that soon Direct Now will be offering a complete set of locals with their streaming packages. Satellite & Cable days are numbered.

Will they have sub channels?

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[ncted]

And here I thought this would be an All in the Family thread.

 

[HiDefRev]

Well..... I'm 65 now, so I remember all of these things, too. And I've been hanging around here for around 11 years now, and hopefully for at least 11 more . We've most certainly come a long way, Baby !

 

[ljdonato]

Man, do I miss the excitement of the uplink reports...

 

[eddie willers]

I remember going to Sears to watch color TV. How old am I?

So what color was Little Joe's coat? Shocked me when I saw my first Color TV.

 

[eddie willers]

When I was a boy, we had a B&W tube-based Zenith. It had a mechanical tuner and a sonic remote that could produce two tones. One ran a motor to go up one channel, while the other ran the volume up. No down button on either!

A buddy had one of those. He would shake his keys at it and we'd watch the channels change. If his cat hit a certain hiss, that would change it too.

 

[Bobby]

So what color was Little Joe's coat? Shocked me when I saw my first Color TV.

It was green!