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The biggest CRT ever made: Sony's PVM-4300

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235 points rbanffy | 5 comments | 21 Jun 24 22:22 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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esprehn ◴[23 Jun 24 01:42 UTC] No.40763941[source]▶
My parents had a Sony KV-40XBR700, the 40in 300lb CRT. I thought it was the largest you could buy until learning about the even larger one in TFA.

The picture quality on the KV-40XBR700 was amazing for the era (~2003). My Dad cleverly cut a hole into the wall up high and stuck the TV into it, then put a picture frame around it giving us one of the first "high definition flat screens" even if it was an illusion.

Of course these days our 43in TV weighs less than 20lbs and is mounted with a couple small wall anchors.

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1. IsoldesKnight ◴[23 Jun 24 03:30 UTC] No.40764550[source]▶
I remember the KV-40XBR700. Those suckers were heavy. I worked at Circuit City in 2003 delivering those behemoths to customers until I dropped two in a single day (the handholds on the side weren't very good) and got moved to the warehouse.
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2. maxden ◴[23 Jun 24 04:20 UTC] No.40764756[source]▶
That seems like an even worse place to move you to!
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3. asddubs ◴[23 Jun 24 11:06 UTC] No.40766511[source]▶
that's someone elses problem, I want this kid out of my deparment
4. epiccoleman ◴[23 Jun 24 13:46 UTC] No.40767440[source]▶
If you have to do the dishes...
5. IsoldesKnight ◴[29 Jun 24 03:40 UTC] No.40827722[source]▶
Only the delivery team had to actually lift a 400 lb TV by 1/2" sloped handholds. I'm the warehouse, we had forklifts and pallet jacks to handle that.