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lawlessbacon
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RedVinez42
My dad would move the VCR from his room to the living room whenever we rented videos so we could record them while watching them. Most of the movies we owned were recorded this way or off TV.
Lantis02
I still have a Trinitron. Best retro gaming TV you could ask for.
sskyrimjob
I had a tiny CRT TV in my room as a teen. I got in trouble a lot for things that still don’t make sense to me as an adult. My dad took my tv as a punishment. He had a big 50 inch CRT in his room. It probably weighed a bulky 240 lbs. while he was gone, I moved it into my room with the help of 2 friends. Made me happy to see him struggle to lift it and finally give up. I wasn’t going to help him and I kept it in my room over a week until my uncle helped him move it back.
ShoulderDeepinGhost
Those TVs kept us strong. The thinner TVs got the bigger we became. #bringbackfattvs
nero4ty2
It’s backwards, they were heavy but had really great handgrips
vlaurelrose101
My dad dropped the tv once. He immediately bought a new one. I think he just didn't want to admit to any repairman that he dropped his tv
Senguie
I got that tv in the attic, it is as heavy as it looks
Merky600
It’s the lead infused into the glass front to shield the radiation hitting the screen from behind. According to my EE101 instructor.
gimme
Did anyone else have a little portable one? A very Aussie sentence is coming up here - mum and dad used to bring it outside so we could watch the cricket while we played outside.
igobeder
Even got the brand right. I had a Sony like that, damn, it was gym style workout to move that thing.
MyNameIsBatty
I had a 32” Sony Trinitron….it took two people to move and the bottom would cut into your hands😕
Beefkins
Bought a 55 inch TV about 3 years ago. Almost threw it into the ceiling when I picked it up because I thought it would weigh SOMETHING.
PraetorianDead
Dad had a 65" rear projection TV that stayed in the basement when he sold the house. Your problem now.
supermario182
Just picked up a Trinitron that was bound for the dump, and holy hell those things are ten times heavier then they look.
Zephirod
Recently got a 36" Philips CRT television for my old consoles. Holy crap do I not miss moving those around
Pauzlife
I dropped a 35 inch on my foot. Black and blue but nothing broke. Let's just say it hurt.
nothingtolurkhere
I install microwave ovens. Custom kitchen deliveriiiiiiieeees. We got to move these, refrigerators.....
LoopStricken
I too am old.
nothingtolurkhere
WE are old
NePb
WE are the sultans of swing...
krslvsasuka101
In 2005 while moving I wrecked my back picking up a 36" CRT Sony Trinitron. Haven't been right since.
Hukkie
I remember going to a LAN with a 22 inch CRT monitor during winter (Northern Sweden), we packed it in a blanket, put a plastic bag over that, then another blanket and wrapped it all in plastic sheeting. Then carried it out and put it on a sled that we pulled for several blocks to my friends house because none of our parents were home so no car avalible. Then we did the same thing for the other 4 friends that were comming as well. Worth it.
redav
To Die in glorious battle is the goal of every Sontaran.
pwntallica
me on my way to a Halo lan party, summer 2002
VibratingNipples
My family just build a new tv stand around the old tV and never move it
ToonMan4351
Shiep
Did everybody have this same fucking tv goddamn
GreaseMonkeyOfLove
No, my house was a Toshiba home!
iquestionthepinappleeveryday
That’s a Sony Trinitron, was actually one of the best tv’s of its time if I remember correctly
Otteritup
From circuit city
darsebas
I can still smell it turning on
SoupCanMan
Yeah, we wasn't rich.
RogueFerret
They all became the same grey box just before LCDs kicked them to the curb.
SpoilsburyToastMan
At least once through the 90s...
jsather
Yes. And he is carrying it wrong. You need to grab it from the front and then there were 2 flat handles on either side. It was a pain, though.
IHaveUnpopularOpinions
I had a 32" wide-screen Sony that looked a lot like that, heavy as hell, somewhere around 70kg I think
nuncamente
the very first flat screen I bought was a plasma in 2008 that is like 15x heavier than any cathode ray tube television. it was installed in a room on the second floor. It sits in the closet of that room bc I can’t carry it downstairs. Too heavy. Still works. Is this Craig’s list? Free to anyone who can safely carry it down stairs and out of my house.
CrimsonBlaze
Omfg. Sony wega true flat. Filled with lead cause that motherfucker is 90lbs.
jeffois
Thing with the Sony flat tubes was they were rumoured to have a screen twice the thickness of other brands. We had a 32" flat tube model with a metal chassis that was 100kg in the shop I worked in at uni
woozle
as a delivery driver I moved those big ass wood cabinet big screen tv's for Rent-a Center (worst job ever by the way).
BreakablePotato
Do you still want your MTV?
andydicktracymorganfairchild
I'm surprised they used ass wood, it's very rare and expensive.
woozle
lol
afambelafonte
Really? Your mom doesn't seem to have any problems getting ass wood.
andydicktracymorganfairchild
Well she is very nice, and people like to give expensive presents to her.
RubRub7Days
bet your back still hurts
woozle
I'd have to pull them up 3 flights of stairs. That wasn't even the worst part of the job!
Wardjinni
The eventual repo in 4-6 months.
God rent a center is such a scam, my mom used them back when I was a kid
woozle
I calculated that a $200 VCR would cost $1400 if rented to term.
BuyMeBonestormOrGoToHell
Try moving one in the '70s.
RooGryphon
we had one similer to that and yes as heavy as it looked. dad took a sledge hammer to it when it came time to replace it rather then lift it out of the room
AllMaktAtTengilVarBefriare
Chad
FrostyLady
This doesn't count - because those things were immovable. Back then, the house would just be built around it, rather than trying to bring it into a house, you see.
BuyMeBonestormOrGoToHell
That is true. These grew in the wild, and entire neighborhoods were planned around the console TV fields.
FrostyLady
They are nearly extinct in the wild now, I hear.
BuyMeBonestormOrGoToHell
That they are. Remaining survivors must be protected at all costs.
FrostyLady
Horror movie: The survivors are MAD. And. They. Won't. DIE.
MrStealYourGiF
Looks like his first rodeo, they're heaviest up front because of the thickness of the glass. Best to grab them screen against your belly, checking you ain't got a belt buckle on that will scratch them up.
Anfalicious
You rest the bottom on the belt buckle, helps distribute the weight to your hips
randomwalrus
Oh, I assure you, even if I had a belt buckle, my belly would protect anything and everything from it.
whatmakesushuman
I see you’ve played knifey-spoony before.
floatationman
This is the way.
daSilverBadger
This is the way.
I carried a 36” Sony Trinitron tube TV in an out of three different apartments. Thing was built like a tank. Probably why I creak when I walk and grunt when I stand up these days.
Drew442
Correct
hjf2011
My dad had a TV repair shop (still does lol) and the early 2000s were the worst with the "flat screen CRTs" which had a thick lens at the front to make them look flat. and everyone tried to grab TVs the wrong way. now in LCD era, they press their fat fingers against the panel and crack it......
Frederf
Plasma is the best of both worlds, heavy, expensive, and fragile!
yeaniaaeon
Sony Trinitron flatscreen those where heavy af with those you not only had to worry about crushing you fingers but also the object you where placing it on
darthhillbilly
Can confirm. Had a 32 inch one that was heavy af. IIRC it was in the neoghborhood of 250 pounds. We dropped it trying to get it into a tight squeeze cabinet and it put a dent in the floor.