In color

A color TV set.

I heard somebody today use the phrase 'color TV' in a sentence and it struck me that we usually do not make the distinction these days between a color TV and an black and white TV. Which brings up the question, "Are black and whites available anymore?" I mean for a consumer to use in the home.

When we talk about TVs today don't we say something like, "flat screen", or "plasma", or "HD TV"? I think so. For me, it is just another sign of age. I can remember when having a color TV was a bit of a novelty. For a while the shows came on bragging that they were 'IN COLOR'. And like this. And this one. Okay, I could go on and on.

And we don't call them 'sets' much anymore. I remember when the TV was called "the set", or "the TV set". This may be a holdover from when radio first was available, a person used a "radio set".

So, not only does the technology change and advance, so does the lingo.