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  martorelli

  

  

TV remote controls were invented and in use in the early 1950s. On VERY expensive TV sets, only. The remote was in a polished wood box about fourteen inches wide, 10 inches high, and only 8 or 10 inches deep. Had a fifteen foot cable about 3/4 inch thick. There were ONLY channels 2 to 13, no channel 1, no "UHF" indicator on the tuning knob. And there was actually a reason to switch the knob so often. TVs back then would "drift" and go off-station. You had to twist a knob every so often to tune the TV back in, or the picture and even the sound would get all scratchy and maybe even disappear into static. This could happen a lot if the wind was blowing or if there were airplanes flying overhead. So there were lots of reasons for a remote back then. Of course, nobody could afford one, so Junior got to jump up, run to the set, and tune it back in every few minutes. Good thing people only watched 4 hours a day of TV back then.

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