First color tv was in 1928 "The Baird Mechanical color system. Although the screen technology used was different from CRTs the color emulation was still compatible but a little pricey. Did Bethesda really think that having monochrome tv sets 150 years after the first color sets was Futuristic? Retro-style or not, it was sort of stupid.
Yeah, rocket ships, laser weapons and Frank Sinatra, the pinnacle of the human race, but TVs are all black and white for some reason, thanks for the fix.
In real life, the transition from black and white TVs to color wasn't an "all or nothing" thing. There was a time when both options were available to consumers with similar TV designs. That being said, this is a cool mod, but it doesn't really "fix a problem."
Call me crazy but this would be great as a standalone post-war Institute retextured TV. I held out hope that someone would make the vault 76 TV but hey.
Thanks... Since they actually existed in real life (albeit not in a commercially viable way) both Vault-Tec and the Institute could create it with little effort.
Simple continuity reason that up until Fallout 76 we didn't see color TVs: Fallout's universe either missed specific technological leaps, or got them much later than the real world. Among these things that were delayed in being, or were never invented include but are not limited to: The transistor, the integrated circuit, and the microchip(a product of both of the prior). The transistor and integrated circuit were required to make color TVs practical, efficient, have a reasonable sized, and most of all be affordable. So as a result color TVs were probably relatively rare luxury items, which were prohibitively expensive in Fallout's universe. As a result they also probably didn't have too much support in programming either. The fact that radio and holotape plays and shows were really popular still points to the idea that even black and white TVs were pretty expensive and hadn't reached full market saturation.
Really nice conversion from B/W to color. Good work there
If you guys are ever curious, and want to see the set that they made that TV clip from, it's actually stillin the game and was set up in a Dev version of the the pre-war dining room! I don't remember which door leads to it, but this mod here - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/20831 will take you to it, if you ever want to check it out
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Take it or leave it? Heck yeah I'll take it. The TV looks fantastic!
I held out hope that someone would make the vault 76 TV but hey.
Since they actually existed in real life (albeit not in a commercially viable way) both Vault-Tec and the Institute could create it with little effort.
If you guys are ever curious, and want to see the set that they made that TV clip from, it's actually still in the game and was set up in a Dev version of the the pre-war dining room!
I don't remember which door leads to it, but this mod here - https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/20831 will take you to it, if you ever want to check it out