My Retro TVs

Channel-surf through television history with interactive TV simulators spanning the 1950s through the 2000s.

My 50's TV interactive TV simulator
Launched 2023

My 50's TV

The final installment of My Retro TVs, released in 2023—a decade after the original My 80's TV began the project.

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My 60's TV interactive TV simulator
Launched 2021

My 60's TV

An interactive set with clickable dials and knobs for moving through the channels and settings in either direction.

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My 70's TV interactive TV simulator
Launched 2014

My 70's TV

A tour through the television and music of the seventies, following the original eighties and nineties editions.

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My 80's TV interactive TV simulator
Launched 2013

My 80's TV

The original experiment: randomized channels and starting times recreate the feeling of channel-surfing in the eighties.

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My 90's TV interactive TV simulator
Launched 2014

My 90's TV

A larger follow-up with an extensively curated video database, with every clip manually checked and tagged by year.

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My 2000's TV interactive TV simulator
Launched 2021

My 2000's TV

The first new decade in seven years, built after the shared codebase was rewritten with modern, modular JavaScript.

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