Uff-da! After a long day of driving, my "new" color roundie is home.
It played fine, with a nice bright picture, just before I picked it up.
It took two strong men (the owner and his 83-year old Dad), plus me, to grunt it into the back of the SUV. Turned out, after three tries, that face-down was the only way it could possibly fit.
What fun. "Whoa-whoa-WHOOOAAA! You're gonna tear the headliner!!!" And so on.
Yes, we removed the knobs first and laid it on a bed of quilts & whatnot.
It's still crammed in the back of the SUV because my wife and her sister took off for an overnight trip and both of my able-bodied male offspring have escaped to college.
I can't come up with any scheme where I can get the danged thing out of the SUV on my own without [A] damaging the TV or [B] damaging my back or [C] damaging both.
Somebody told me that patience is a virtue, but it's hard to be patient when you have a new project sitting out in the carport :-)
Phil Nelson
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