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IIRC, this was on a thread here-but there is a YouTube video of an immaculately restored one playing a video of Liberace playing "Nola"...Watch it & see if YOU don't get a hankerin' for one, too...Those old portholes are just so ODD lookin' to our 2008 eyes...Yet at the same time, so INCREDIBLY appealing-to me, anyway..Kinda like Roundie color sets, but even more so...We lost a lot when TVs became anonymous flat square/rectangular grey/black appliances..Back in 1950, a TV was still Something Special...A Majickal window into a different world...That old Zenith had a warm, "organic" feel to it-Soft, voluptuous curved top, covered in leather or fabric, the screen was set off w/a gold-colored frame, flanked by 2 big, meaty knobs that you could TURN, & gave you a tactile pleasure the 1 X2 MM buttons on a remote can never hope to duplicate...Plus, those old tube TVs "felt" alive-they always made little noises, gave off little smells, popped & cracked as they got warm...Yeah, yeah, yeah, HDTV is "better", its color, solid state stuff works better & lasts longer..Blah blah, blah.. Who cares ? Hook up the latest HDTV plasma screen/LCD thingy, and a clean 1950 Zenith porthole, & guess which one gets the most grins & comments as folks watch it...
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