How are colors boosted on different formats of MPI?

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ZelenskyTheValiant (Ivan)
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Re: How are colors boosted on different formats of MPI?

#16 Post by ZelenskyTheValiant (Ivan) »

This is exactly the B&W RCA TV that we had (same color, same everything), that I was talking about above: https://ebay.to/3kXmxg6

And before that, yes we did have an even smaller portable one that looked something like this: https://ebay.to/3t8EivR

Happy times! :D

Or is it good times? Happy days? :wink:

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Re: How are colors boosted on different formats of MPI?

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IvanTheTerrible wrote: Tue Mar 09, 2021 7:09 pm This is exactly the B&W RCA TV that we had (same color, same everything), that I was talking about above: https://ebay.to/3kXmxg6

And before that, yes we did have an even smaller portable one that looked something like this: https://ebay.to/3t8EivR

Happy times! :D

Or is it good times? Happy days? :wink:
That second picture looks very similar to what I had. It had the knobs on the side and both line and low voltage cords.

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Re: How are colors boosted on different formats of MPI?

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The TV I watched most of the original run on looked something like this Sony Trinitron...

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Re: How are colors boosted on different formats of MPI?

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Styles Bitchley wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 4:05 pm The TV I watched most of the original run on looked something like this Sony Trinitron...

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Is that Trinitron a color TV?

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Re: How are colors boosted on different formats of MPI?

#20 Post by Styles Bitchley »

IvanTheTerrible wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 5:43 pm
Is that Trinitron a color TV?
Yep.

Edit: actually, it's a colour TV here in Canada.
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Re: How are colors boosted on different formats of MPI?

#21 Post by ZelenskyTheValiant (Ivan) »

I also seem to recall us having a B&W (ok, all our TV's were B&W) Zenith at some point. Dad probably found it somewhere. Don't remember how long we had it for. I think that's the one I used to have to bang on its side in order for the horizontal bar to stop scrolling. And also had to fidget with the rabbit ear antenna to make the snow on the screen stop. :lol:

Happy times! :D

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