November
13, 1950
Color
Television
In New York, CBS gave the
public its first demonstrations of its new color television technology. The
closed circuit broadcasts, shown a display window on Fifth Avenue, featured
various segments with model Patty Painter wearing a striped blouse while displaying
red and yellow roses, a bowl of fresh fruit, colorful packs of soap and
cigarettes, flags of various nations, a map of Europe, and reproductions of
paintings by Vincent Van Gogh. The next day, CBS began five such telecasts each
day, with up to 300 people invited to watch in preparation for the regular
nationwide broadcasting on November 20.
Although all-electronic
color was introduced in the U.S. in 1953, high prices and the scarcity of color
programming greatly slowed its acceptance in the marketplace. Early color sets
were either floor-standing console models or tabletop versions nearly as bulky
and heavy, so in practice they remained firmly anchored in one place.
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