is there anyone out there that knows if any of the motorola table top porthole tvs are worth anything or worth picking them up.i know someone that has 2 of them and they are bakelite cabinets and he also has old projection tvs 2 of them. one has a blond cabinet and the screen is on top or lifts up from the top and the other is just in the front like any other tv, does this stuff sound like its worth looking into? the motorola porthole tvs look like the ones that mr bandersen has in his tv collection.

You must be referring to the Motorola 7VT2 and 9T1. They are popular with collectors and definitely worth picking up. Especially if the bakelite cabinets are undamaged and the CRTs are good.

7" 7VT2
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5291/5437363322_91545b37a1.jpg

8" 9T1
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4077/4806971091_ff9277c94e.jpg

you know what i might be wrong about the cabinet being bakelite because the 2 tvs look like the other 2 you have with the wood cabinets, when i looked at these tvs i looked quick and they were really smooth and shiney but they look for sure like your other ones, vt 71.