zlacker

>>thunde+(OP)
One inaccuracy/anachronism: this simulation has a second of static between channel changes. Analog TVs were never like that. Channel changes were near instantaneous, and there was never any static unless you tuned to a dead channel.

All those pauses and waits are an artifact of later computerized/digital technology.

>>tivert+Rq1
> Analog TVs were never like that. Channel changes were near instantaneous, and there was never any static unless you tuned to a dead channel.

IIRC, it wasn’t uncommon for UHF dials to be continuous while VHF had precise stops and switched directly from channel to channel, so in UHF, as a practical matter, you'd have static between tuned channels, while that was not the case in VHF.

Its been a long time since I had a TV work a tuning dial, but that's what I recall.