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Our 1st colour tv (circa 1977) had 6 push buttons (no remote control)

0 (ATV, then SBS)
2 (ABV)
7 (HSV)
9 (GTV)
10 (GLV, then ATV)
Spare

Then when SBS switched off Channel 0 that spare button became Channel 28, and eventually the 0 button was used as the VCR channel.

When i got my first portable TV in the early 90s it had 16 presets with a remote control, and because the TV moved between Melbourne and Goulburn Valley, i think it was:

1 SBS28
2 ABV2
3 ABGV40 ABC Shepparton
4 AMV43 Prime Shepparton
5 GLV46 SCN Shepparton
6 VTV6 VIC/WIN Shepparton
7 HSV7
8 BCV8 SCN Bendigo
9 GTV9
10 ATV10
11 can’t remember. Maybe Channel 31 when that arrived.
12,13,14,15 :man_shrugging:
16 VCR

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84

I certainly always tuned SBS to channel 28 on TVs and VCRs in the 90s. Even when we were living in a non-metro area.

85

Nah, I think we might have given it something strange like 5 so it was easy to get to.