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Old 06-06-2018, 04:50 PM
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IIRC that beast was the one that retailed at 10 kilobucks.
We wernt a Sony dealer at the time but I remember it in
the trade papers ( Dealerscope etc). Twas made with real top-o-line
teak, rosewood etc. You were buying furniture with a nice TV
thrown in. Very rare but nobody wants one. And you do not
want to move one !. Pissah set but I would pass on one even if
it had a mint CRT & free delivery !

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Old 06-06-2018, 07:26 PM
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Old 06-06-2018, 07:26 PM
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I'm a wimp, I couldn't even lift an 88 pound Magnavox...
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Old 06-06-2018, 08:31 PM
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I'm a wimp, I couldn't even lift an 88 pound Magnavox...
You need to hit the gym...Join the Tube TV console collectors fitness program, and you too can lift a 208lb 34" Sony Superfinepitch HD CRT set yourself (Something I've done).
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That's one heck of a TV!
And quite rare with only 1000 built, and extremely heavy at over 500 pounds. It also has motorized doors.

I'd take one but I'd be keeping it on a wheeled platform.

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And quite rare with only 1000 built, and extremely heavy at over 500 pounds. It also has motorized doors.

I'd take one but I'd be keeping it on a wheeled platform.
I saw one in an antique furniture store, about 15 years ago. I think they wanted 400 bucks for it or something which seemed way too high for an old TV, no matter the cabinet. In that genre of giant show off TV I think the RCA 2000 is the only one I couldn't turn down.
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Old 06-19-2018, 09:43 PM
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I worked for RCA Smirnoff Labs back in the day, mid 1980's. The explanation I heard was that the 25 inch CRT "tall" configuration had nearly the same footprint as the 19 inch CRT wide configuration. That a consumer could have a bigger screen atop the same piece of furniture. IIRC, the CTC121 was RCA's first "tall" set. And it had a 2 line comb filter.

I don't remember if anyone there said RCA "invented" the "tall" set or not. It wouldn't be a real patentable invention anyway.
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