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I am 52 and grew up poor and without cable. Even I don't remember having to do this.
Meanwhile I am 24, not old and remember doing this. My sole electronic entertainment for quite a while was an old Sears CRT with an Atari 2600 plugged into it, and depending on whether the room was warm or cold would change the vertical hold and I'd have to adjust it constantly.
When I was growing up you could find CRTs just sitting on the side of the road. They were my entertainment growing up
I once even found one that was color
The picture would not stabilize and you had to turn a knob to center it and stop it from shaking
I’m a little younger than you and only Grandpa’s TV has this dial. If I turned it all the way made it impossible to watch Perry Mason.
Alright grandpa time to take those aneurism meds.
Really? I'm 42 and had to do this. It didn't matter if it was cable or antenna or VHS. You only really had to set it once and almost never had to turn the knob again. I'm assuming your parents had done it to the TV and you just never knew. The knobs were usually on the back of the TV or behind a panel where you could adjust things like the color tint.
54 here. You must have had good gear.
Not sure our main tube TV needed it much, but later and smaller TVs sure did. Of course the tube TV would blow one and then it was off to the grocery store kiosk to try and find one. Or call the TV repair guy if dad couldn't figure it.