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I don't know if I could go completely without a color set, but the lack of color on a black and white set doesn't _normally_ detract from the show. The exception here is modern shows, with their funny camra angles, jerky camera movement and odd lighting effects that make it hard to follow the action on a black and white set. For example, I was watching one of those crime investigation shows, NCIS I think. And they had this one scene where the camera kept circleing the action, and viewing it through various obstructions, like stained glass and chain link fence, and it was pretty hard to see what was going on, watching it on a 19" GE Accent-Line black and white table set.
But, for most things, and for well-written television, the black and white sets are fine. Color is nice to have, but not required. If the program is good, you hardly notice.
A side note, a lot of people these days haven't ever seen a black and white set. A couple years ago, I had just finished fixing up a dumpster find metal cabinet 23" Zenith tabletop (for big, strong tables). Big, metal, 1960's thing. I was watching the Twilight Zone marathon on the Sci-Fi channel, using an old VCR as a cable tuner. My friend Mike came over, and sat down on the couch next to me, and we watched for a few minutes, then a commercial came on. He turns and looks at me really funny, and said "What the heck? Why are the commercials in black and white too? Is this a black and white TV?"
-Ian
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