stackyFACTSBecause watching grayscale variety shows apparently wasn't depressing enough. The RCA CT-100 allowed consumers to see exactly how tacky fifties outfits actually were. Unfortunately, the hardware was so absurdly expensive and programming so severely limited that almost nobody bought one until over a decade later.
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