So she and her husband found what looks like a 1970s Zenith Chromacolor II console TV, gutted it, and replaced it with a 32-inch Samsung N5300 1080p smart TV. This project is essentially a RestoMod.

Again, it required no batteries — much desired by Zenith, as the company didn’t want customers to think a TV was broken when the battery died. This also did not require the remote to be ...