Black and White TVs still prevail
It looks like even the slimmest of TVs cannot do away with good old black and white tellies. Recent figures released by TV Licensing authorities indicate that in the UK there are about 28,000 people who still watch black and white TVs. Of the 28,000 black and white TV license holders, 1,950 includes those from Scotland, 140 from Norwich and 30 households from Chelmsford. With technological advances in the TV sector where 3D and OLED TVs are just a few years away, the fact that many still tune into black and white TVs is indeed a surprisal.
The mention of the erstwhile from of television takes us back in time to November 15th, 1969. That was when the the first colour broadcast went on air on BBC1 and ITV. British sitcom Dad’s Army was one among the first programmes to be broadcast in colour. Iain Logie Baird, the grandson of John Logie Baird, inventor of the first television said that the arrival of colour television was a major ‘technological breakthrough’. He said that colour TVs changed the style of programmes and the perception of viewers. Live programmes when watched in colour TVs gave the viewers the feeling of actually ‘being there’ and pre-recorded programmes were watched with an ‘ increased sense of involvement’, he said.
Fergus Reid, spokesperson for TV Licensing said that whether one watched programmes in a 40 year old black and white TV or in a high-end LCD TV, it was mandatory that a TV Licence be sought.
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