Early televisions were monsters–very large and very heavy. This is especially true of the earliest pre-World War II models that are the rarest TVs of all. You’d better have a lot of space if you’re going to collect those.

I’ve found that collecting transistor televisions is just as much fun and a lot more practical space-wise. Transistor TVs were the first truly portable televisions and the forerunners of the portable video revolution. For more about collecting these great little televisions, see my book about them.