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Old 12-14-2009, 11:45 AM
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REAL TVs have TUBES!
 
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The later large color CRT tubes(such as the Sony) contain lead, making them even heavier. I have changed a 17TP4 metal/glass tube in one of my Hoffmans. It was lighter than the 17HP4 all glass tubes also used by Hoffman.
Can we imagine what the 43" Trinitron tube weighed???? Ball-buster supreme! I have the service manual which shows the total weight of the TV (PVM-4300u) at 440 lbs, and that's a plastic table model

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