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As far as B&W sets are concerned in my opinion the best large-screen ones are the upright style consoles from the 50's, once the paper caps and any weak tubes are replaced, and the set has a good CRT. The build quality, picture resolution, and sound quality are a lot better than most of the 60's sets. It seems like the lines in the picture are a lot more obvious in the 60's 23" sets as opposed to the 50's 21" 90 degree sets, also the grey scale in the 50's sets appears better.
Another thing I have noticed is that sound quality on 50's sets totally blows away 60's and 70's sets. You can really hear cymbals and bass that are inaudible on most other TV's on these old sets with 8 or 10 inch speakers.
Even the Zenith color sets I have w/6BQ5 and 6x9 speaker don't have as good a tone quality as the 50's sets.
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