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I think too many of these people are not in the trade of collecting/buying and selling old TV's and have no empirical experience on which to base market value. They are basically pulling a value out of a hat based a lot on what they bought the set new for. The only way that an old TV would have value as a cabinet is if the TV guts were pulled out, shelves installed, inside painted, etc. so someone could use it as a piece of furniture.
Even then, not too many people decorate in the dark mediterranean style anymore, so the cabinet would have limited value.
Market value of old items is based a lot on whether the product appeals to people's tastes and not necessarily the functional value of the item.
I recently saw a 1990's Zenith console set, the type with the bad picture tubes, converted to a cabinet for a 19" portable at a lady's house I went to a call on to pick up a console stereo. They had removed the CRT mask and installed wooden trim to frame the 19" set in the cabinet.
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