Hopefully you can make it shine and work well. And if you're lucky, she'll let you set it up in some "public" portion of the house (like a guest bedroom or dare I say it the living room..).
Sometime she'll have friends over: "Oh, I picked that old TV set up for my husband. He enjoys restoring and having antique TV sets. I think the soap operas are on now, lets watch one in black and white, like in the olden days..."