On 10/09/2015 11:50 AM, trader_4 wrote:
IDK what "compatible color" means. The color broadcasting system was
designed so that a color broadcast would display as black and white on
the millions of bw sets out there at the time. The color part was
a compatible addition to what was already there.

It was a marketing term coined by the cable industry to add a
"Compatible Color Technology Fee" to America's cable bill.
Today, the surcharge has morphed into the "HD Technology Fee".

We'll soon have a "Ultra Compressed 4K HD Technology Fee".