[Adam]

I currently have tvs ranging from 1946-1970, and radios from 1930-1968. But the early color televisions are most exciting to work on because, like was said before, they are sort of the height of tube electronics. My remote CTC-10 has something like 32 tubes in it.

And to me a remote control early color set (available from about 1957-1966) is the ultimate daily watcher. It has all the features I want (good clear 21" picture, color, remote) and it was made before televisions sunk in build quality and it's still relatively easy to work on. The early rectangular color sets (about 1967-1973) basically fit the same criteria (and there are a few I'd like to find), but they're just not as cool to look at. And while I would like to pick up a really early color set (54-56), I wouldn't use it as a daily watcher.

But because color sets are more difficult to work on (and generally come in large consoles) I don't collect them in the same quantity I do b/w. I currently only have 3 color sets, vs. 20-something b/w.