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Old 04-30-2005, 09:35 PM
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Heavy set dude...

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Originally Posted by Bill R
I had one of those Sears/Sanyo sets for a while. It was a 19inch (I think, I know it was a smaller screen size than the roundies or the early rectangular sets at the time.) metal consolette set. It looked like a metal table model with long skinny legs attached. Horrid is a good description. It was a nightmare to work on, and it must have weighed 600 lbs. (well it felt that heavy anyway) I ended up scraping it since it was impossible to keep working for any length of time.
I recall having two of those Sears sets once upon a time. And you're right they were heavy. There was a thread here on AK and a picture posted some time back. I remember posting that I first saw that Sears 19" set in Sears TV dept. It looked mighty small standing next to its roundie brothers.

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