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A good friend was a sound mixer for 30 years, he retired in the late 80s. He was telling me about all the standard limitations they used when filming in NTSC. There was a maximum contrast ratio, no one on set was allowed to ware pure black or white, etc. He worked on many popular tv shows and movies. It was just the way they did things. Thats why old programming looks washed and the colors are all pastels.
Now none of that applies so modern programming pushes these sets into an area they were never designed. Well maybe designed to when every adjustment is perfect and the parts are factory fresh. The old programming was designed for the average viewer who has every adjustment off by 25% and had to place a house call to do a basic setup.
The graphics generator makes the chassis buzz and they tubes squeal on some of the scenes. Its really pretty cool, I should video it with the sound turned down.
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