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Old 06-28-2018, 06:34 AM
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I have blurry childhood memories of seeing rear projection sets back in the special high-end part of the store (where they usually chased me out before I got too close) with $10000+ price tags. At the time the cheapest 14" color portable was $399 and a 27" started at $899 (but then went well over $1000 for a NICE one). The first 42" plasma I ever saw had a $19999 price tag on it. So I guess $17000 for what is likely the biggest and highest end CRT set of the time isn't really that out of order.

I've never seen either of the 43" sets posted above. Were either of them even sold outside of Japan? I think I've seen one 40" CRT set in my life - it was out on the curb and I had to leave it there because I simply couldn't move it.
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