Proper channels...

[Alienblue]

I KNEW this at one time, but have forgot and it is bugging me. Does anyone know WHY channels 3 & 4 are used for the RF output on older videogames, and also, while we're talking TVs , WHY is there no channel one?

I was just reading a history of games, and Ralph Baer chose channels 3 & 4 for the Odyssey, but it did not say WHY.

[Quiet Flight]

http://www.discovery.com/area/skinnyon/skinnyon971031/skinnyon.html

Explains the no channel 1. I have no idea on the other issue.