black-and-white television

Questions

What does black-and-white television mean?

A monochrome system of transmitting and receiving television signals.

Where does black-and-white television come from?

Retronym for television, coined after the invention of colour television to refer specifically to the type of television existing before then.

How to pronounce black-and-white television

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