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"On the same note, I've noticed a lot of us collectors don't see much importance of the more modern TV sets, probably because they come in abundance because of more automated mass production and are practically throwaways if a jungle IC goes faulty as it's cheaper to buy a new set than pay a TV repairman to replace them, well I've come to think the later TV sets are also of technological historical importance in the evolution of TV and will in some decades time be also considered collectors items and they would eventually become scarce like the antique pre-70s sets. The old saying goes one mans trash is another mans treasure."
It's really impossible for me to think of those ugly black-box TV sets of the 1990's as something really worth to collect at ANY time. They are so... unpleasant to look at ( stylistic speaking ).
1980's TVs are another matter; the 80's were the LAST era in which the factories did put some effort in the cabinet-design for TV sets. I saved two color TV sets from the 80's, and that's it. Enough for me.
I can think of only two 1990's ( early 1990's actually ) that I really like to have in my collection: the Philips "helmet" ( there's one in a Police station here in my city!!! I am trying to get courage to ask them if they would sell it!!! ) and a Mitsubish console that you could turn from one side or another ( like the screen of a Predicta ).
I do have, as daily driver, an actually cute mid-1990's 14 inch ( black box ) "Gradiente" TV set ( Brazilian brand ). Luckilly, this TV is a little different than other black-boxes sets. It's not completely square, it does have a slightly rounded front and an almost "art-deco" base. Some people actually thought that the only reason that I have this TV is because it kind have a "retro" look.
This Gradiente TV set I may save from the curb, as a representative ( although better than the average TV sets of that era ) of the commom 1990's TV sets.
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