[Jeffhs]

It probably wouldn't be difficult to make a cabinet like that for today's flat screens. All you'd need would be a cabinet from an old set (beyond repair, of course), with a removable serving tray on top.

What goes around comes around. I bet this idea may surface again soon, but until then, a converted cabinet from an old, junker set (again, one well beyond repair--I wouldn't dream of gutting a cabinet of a vintage or antique TV still capable of being restored), with a tray on top, could well be the 21st century answer to the RCA set in that ad. In fact, it wouldn't be difficult at all to add such a tray to a working vintage or antique TV; just make a wooden platform matching the color of the cabinet, and set the tray on it. That way, there would be no removal or junking (!) of the vintage chassis, or anything else that would devalue the set.