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The quest to save the world’s largest CRT TV from destruction
(arstechnica.com)
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I once had a 38" in my 3rd floor apartment and had to move to another 3rd floor apartment... No elevators present.
Motherfucker was the operative word.
Yeah. I think products like that are designed for people who pay others to move it for them.
I was in my 20's, had the bills handled, and my priorities in a funny place.
My parents had an old 42 (maybe bigger) inch "flat" screen Sony Trinitron CRT that could do 1080i for years.
Whenever they wanted to move it, it took multiple people, joining in on the move was a right of passage lmao
They would honestly still have it, if not for my brother....
https://crtdatabase.com/crts/sony
Doesn't look like Sony made a 42". They did make a 43", which is what this story is about, but it was only 480p not 1080i. The largest 1080i CRT they made was the 34".
Hmm, I went through that entire link on gallery mode and I actually didn't see my parents TV in there. I also couldn't find it on a general Google search or Wikipedia
One of its defining features that I remember clearly, was it had a downward rectangle "paddle" for a power button that had that "fake vent" texture on it, and I didn't see that on any of the wide screens on that link.
So either what my parents had is some sort of forgotten model, or I got the brand wrong, but I'm like 80% it was a Sony
Your parents were ballers then. The one in the video is the largest one made and 42 inch. And it cost $40000
If it did 1080i, I’m guessing it was a widescreen model. Done in the early 2000’s. I got a 36” trinitron for about $1600 that did 1080i/720p. Heavy as crap, but damn fine picture. Halo looked awesome.