1950 DuMont TV

How do TVs today differ from those in the 1950s and 1960s?  The easy answer is the lack of the CRT (Picture Tube).  However, I look at something else as the defining element of  the primary difference - a cabinet.   What I remember most about TV's when I was a kid is how they were viewed as a piece of furniture and the cabinet was a 'style' - Colonial, French Provencal, Chinese Modern, Danish Modern.   At times, the cabinet actually hid the screen so that the unit appeared like a closed cabinet.   Below is an excellent example of  'Furniture TV' - it is a 1950 DuMont.   BTW - this set is wayyyyyyyyyyy older than I am.