That's a minority viewpoint among collectors, even of the rarest of rare sets--which frankly the CT-100 is not. Extremely desirable, but not extremely rare. TV sets in their truest original sense are appliances that must function to be of any value whatsoever. So it is a trade-off no matter which side you come down on. And I come down on the side that maintains originality as much as is practically possible in restoring the sets to work. And from a practical standpoint, a CT-100 is a far more impressive thing to demonstrate than to merely display.
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