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Old 04-16-2015, 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by compucat View Post
That is probably the thing I miss most about the older sets is the furniture style cabinets. There is something so beautiful about a round tube TV in a stylish cabinet that brings elegance to a room. Even the plastic wood grain cabinets were nice. One everything went to all black or silver, the style was lost. Large black flat panels just look strange in an otherwise tastefully decorated room.
I could not agree more. The screen sizes for color were all the same from 1955-65 and, as if to make up for that, tastes in home furnishings were more diverse.
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