black-and-white televisions
Grayscale broadcast receivers
Black-and-white televisions are TV sets that display images in shades of gray rather than color.
They dominated home entertainment from the 1940s through the 1960s before color sets became affordable.
The phrase now often signals something outdated or from an earlier era: My grandparents still had a black-and-white television in their bedroom.
Tonal range, black to white
- monochromeSingle-color rendering
- contrastNotable difference between things
- luminanceLight per unit area
- shadesVariations in darkness
gray · achromatic · shadows · highlights · silhouette · noir · chiaroscuro · tone
Vacuum tube display
- kinescopeCathode-ray display tube
- antennaBroadcast signal receiver
- analogComparable equivalent
- transistorSemiconductor signal switch
valves · electromagnetic · dials · console · broadcast · reception · static · flicker
Early thermosetting synthetic resin
Evoking recent past
- vintageQuality from past eras
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- bygoneOf earlier times
- memoriesStored past experiences
heirloom · relic · yesteryear · old-fashioned · throwback · collectible · Americana · mid-century
Episodic TV comedy series
- newsreelShort theatrical news film
- soap-operaSerialized melodramatic television drama
- prime-timeTop broadcast viewing slot
- westernsFrontier-set entertainment
grayscale
Tonal range, black to white
- monochromeSingle-color rendering
- contrastNotable difference between things
- luminanceLight per unit area
shades · gray · achromatic · shadows · highlights · silhouette · noir · chiaroscuro · tone · gradation
CRT
Vacuum tube display
transistor · valves · electromagnetic · dials · console · broadcast · reception · static · flicker · interlaced
bakelite
Early thermosetting synthetic resin
retro
Evoking recent past
memories · heirloom · relic · yesteryear · old-fashioned · throwback · collectible · Americana · mid-century · postwar
sitcom
Episodic TV comedy series
- newsreelShort theatrical news film
- soap-operaSerialized melodramatic television drama
- prime-timeTop broadcast viewing slot
black-and-white televisionssmart TVs
App-enabled viewing devices
high-definition televisions · digital televisions · HDTV · plasma TVs
television, televisions, blacks, whites, blacker, blackest, blacken, blackened, blackening