I never saw that exposé before! I doubt the subliminal messaging worked on me when I grew up. The family TV was a B/W with a 17" screen positioned about 10ft from the sofa and fair to poor reception. We had 1-2 channels that came in well and two others that on a good day looked like it was snowing through the shows! On a bad weather day they were terrible. Yes, I grew up in a rural area, and life was much simpler.