Comments on: A Clear Picture of Television’s Future In 1967

By: Andrew R. VanSickle

Andrew R. VanSickle — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:25:50 +0000

It’s still the idiot box !

By: LaVerne Melhorn

LaVerne Melhorn — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 23:30:41 +0000

I just wish the programing was as good as it was in the 60′s and 70′s. Programs are too bold and crime and other degenerative material is the norm; even cartoons use language that we wouldn’t let our children use at home. I remember when there were significantly fewer channels, but at least they contained entertainment, and there were no cable costs, nor constant intrustive commercials. The extra channels are used primarily for advertising (informercials) . True, no more antennas, reception is great and TV’s are more affordable, but programing and cable costs do not equate.

By: Dr Bill Ryan

Dr Bill Ryan — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:01:49 +0000

In the 50s and 60s the vacuum tube was still king. Computers required several rooms and huge amounts of electricity. All that to make simple electoral predictions The transistor changed all that, followed by the integrated circuit As the 80s evolved we were thinking about memory storage and word processing. The 90s saw the internet and now we are watching TV on our laptop and tablets.

It has been an exciting technological journey but look up in the sky for the cloud and in your hand for the latest phone.

By: Ima Ryma

Ima Ryma — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 08:34:00 +0000

I’m not your grandparents’ T.V.s,
Bulky boxes with tubey ways.
Westerns, game shows, sit comedies
Were ’50s and ’60s main stays.
Of course ’twas the Vietnam war,
From black and white to colors keen,
Day and night you could watch the gore,
Real life and death there on my screen.
I did evolve over the years,
Fast and flashed in the high tech game.
You want and on me it appears.
One reality stays the same.

You still watch wars upon my face.
Nothing changes – just time and place.