Bugman,
The first TV that I ever saw was in a cabinet about the size of a small bookcase with a 4" screen I think it was and it received 2 channels on a good day. Then my Grandfather got a MODERN one that received several channels and wasn't so bit. I remember taking the old tuners out and cleaning the contacts with a pencil eraser. To have one 25 years old that still works is really something. I even remember people putting colored cellophane paper across the screen to pretend they had color. Of course everything was the color of the paper.
Ron