50 Years Ago
Hard to believe the 70s decade began 50 years ago! Here are covers of two TV Guides in my collection from the start of the 70s.
The predictions in the January 3-9 1970 issue - which did happen during the 70s or not long after - Cable TV will take on a bigger role but not yet reach its full potential, larger more powerful satellites will be used by networks to distribute programs to stations and someday directly to homes, home video players becoming available and later in the decade affordable video recorders. There was a prediction for two-way video phone through your TV, an outgrowth of Bell Telephone's Picturephone, which never did materialize (and Picturephone never became popular).
50 Years Ago
Hard to believe the 70s decade began 50 years ago! Here are covers of two TV Guides in my collection from the start of the 70s.
The predictions in the January 3-9 1970 issue - which did happen during the 70s or not long after - Cable TV will take on a bigger role but not yet reach its full potential, larger more powerful satellites will be used by networks to distribute programs to stations and someday directly to homes, home video players becoming available and later in the decade affordable video recorders. There was a prediction for two-way video phone through your TV, an outgrowth of Bell Telephone's Picturephone, which never did materialize (and Picturephone never became popular).