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Originally Posted by kramden66
when my son's class went to washington dc there was a vietnam or something display with a couple old sets , other tv sets too new for the era to be in the display , the old sets looked like they too were altered.
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I think you are talking about the American history museum? I believe when I was there last they were showing period cabinets with flat panel (or at least more modern color CRT chassis) fitted in. Most of the time, the Smithsonian is fastidious about replacing materials and appearance to original, and does not attempt to restore operation. Either of these practices goes against most TV restorer/collector's aesthetics, who want to see the original guts working.