Quote:
Originally posted by Rob
I have a nice looking 16" round screen RCA with full length doors from 1949-50 that I am seriously considering gutting and making into an AV cabinet with adjustable shelves inside for my home entertainment center in the living room.
Rob
|
Rob,
I had to do a double take to be sure it was you who posted that. And about a round tube set to boot!
As far as today's pressed sawdust and Mac-Tac cabinets are concerned, today's consumers are voting with their dollars, and what they are getting is what they "elected".
Perhaps the consumers of the '50s & '60s had more sense, and what they elected is now collected.
Even though modern color sets may have a better picture than a '60s roundie, there is no "thrill" in watching it. We expect it to look good . . . . it had better, with all those chips, saw filters, varactors, and the like. But, there is nothing in television today (not even HDTV) that can equal the thrill of seeing one's first color program - in really good color - back in the '50s or '60s on a set with two dozen vacuum tubes and a round CRT that crackled when it came on!