▁a ▁television ▁set . ▁ ▁As ▁Ba er , ▁a ▁division ▁manager ▁for ▁Sand ers ▁Associ ates , ▁described ▁it , ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁on ▁New ▁York ' s ▁East ▁Side , ▁waiting ▁to ▁board ▁a ▁bus ▁to ▁Boston , ▁when ▁he ▁noticed ▁an ▁advert is ement ▁for ▁TV ▁Guide ▁on ▁the ▁wall . ▁Cont empl ating ▁what ▁a ▁vie wer ▁could ▁do ▁with ▁a ▁television ▁set ▁if ▁there ▁was ▁nothing ▁worth ▁watching . ▁ ▁At ▁that ▁point , ▁he ▁remembered ▁an ▁idea ▁that ▁had ▁occurred ▁to ▁him ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 1 , ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁playing ▁a ▁game ▁on ▁a ▁TV ▁set , ▁and ▁realized ▁that ▁he ▁now ▁had ▁the ▁resources ▁to ▁develop ▁the ▁concept . ▁ ▁His ▁idea ▁would ▁become ▁the ▁Mag nav ox ▁Od ys sey ▁home ▁entertain ment ▁system , ▁introduced ▁on ▁January ▁ 2 7 , ▁ 1 9 7 2 . ▁▁ ▁Color ▁television ▁was ▁introduced ▁to ▁Canada ▁at ▁ 8 : 3 0 ▁pm ▁Eastern ▁time ▁as ▁the ▁Canadian ▁Broadcast ing ▁Corporation ▁( C BC ) ▁presented ▁the ▁one - hour ▁special ▁Color ▁Pre view ▁' 6 6 , ▁followed ▁by ▁its ▁document ary ▁series ▁T eles cope . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁time , ▁an ▁estimated ▁ 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁of ▁the ▁five ▁million ▁sets ▁in ▁Canada ▁were ▁color ▁TV s , ▁so ▁ 9 9 ▁percent ▁of ▁view ers ▁continued ▁to ▁see ▁the ▁programming ▁in ▁black ▁and ▁white . ▁ ▁C BC ▁would ▁be ▁followed ▁on ▁September ▁ 6 ▁by