[Jeffhs]

Captainmoody, in my opinion there is nothing at all wrong with the looks of your 36-year-old Magnavox. It's not ugly; the cabinet styling is simply out of date by today's standards. Tastes in and styles of furniture and everything else change with time, as other members of this forum have stated. Only two television manufacturers today (that I know of, anyhow), RCA and Zenith, still have large consoles in their product lines--and they cost an arm and a leg. These days, many folks having a TV, stereo, VCR and perhaps a cable box put their equipment in entertainment-center cabinets, which match the decor of their living rooms, to simulate the looks of a console installation.

Many, many perfectly good televisions and even the occasional stereo console are put out for the trash every week simply because the cabinet styling does not fit in with the decor of the owner's living room or family room. (This quite often happens after a remodeling job). I am reminded of the old story about the man who bought a new car and sold his old one (which still looked and ran like new) simply because the ashtray was full.

If your Magnavox TV still works well, I'd say hold on to it. They don't make them like that anymore; goodness knows we'll never see the likes of them again. Some day, who knows--that set might become a collectors' item, if only for the styling of the cabinet.