Yes but I imagine this mammoth of a TV survived to the 80s for this specific person to make the generalized statement of it being a developed fear in the 80s.

[–] zod000@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My friend has probably this exact TV in their family home until probably the early 2000s. I bet it was because no one wanted to move it.

[–] Somerefriedbeans@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

My grandparents had a similar model. It works to this day, I'm sure. Before they passed away (~5 years ago) , I would still occasionally use the TV to play my NES games when I would visit.

[–] flux@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago (2 children)

With how big and cheap they are and a lot more mounted to the wall I'd be curious how many tvs get left because it's easy to just grab laptops, game systems, etc. It still takes two people to carry those huge thin TVs and they don't really fit in a backpack.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It still takes two people to carry those huge thin TVs

Idk about that, I can reasonably carry up to a 65 inch by myself and I'm not particularly tall (not even 6 ft) so someone taller than me probably could conceivably carry a 75+ tv

[–] hardaysknight@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Yeah but then you get into having to worry about how thin they are. Try wall mounting a 65 inch LG OLED by yourself. It’s practically impossible without cracking the screen.

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

you must be using the wrong brackets. try monoprice

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

I have, that's how I know lmao, no screen crack btw lol

[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 2 points 6 months ago

My 77” OLED also comes with a special wall mount, no stand. No way to put the TV down without the box. You then need to get the wall mount off the wall and take that too or you won’t have a way to put it anywhere.

[–] OtisRamflow@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

I don't think I'd try to carry my 55" OLED by myself. I recall it being particularly unwieldy when we were installing it.

[–] Baku@aussie.zone 2 points 6 months ago

I once saw 2 blokes getting on the tram with half a tv. It was a 50" or so tv with the back plastic thing missing. They were both shirtless and both seemed to be completely out of it on something. I sort of concluded they ripped a tv off the wall but didn't have a way to get it home, or to a pawn shop or wherever they were planning on taking it

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

In the 80s we got a giant zenith that could answer the phone. It was gigantic, but the crt was 28" iirc. As it aged it took more and more percussive maintenance to coax into life.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Hum... Not long ago the local police here arrested a gang specialized in stealing concrete mixers from construction sites.

[–] LittleBorat2@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 months ago

We are there again I think. If someone wants to steal my 50" and carry it down 5 flights of a narrow staircase past some nosy neighbors, be my guest.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Odd. The one we had was on wheels. Hidden casters. I used to work for a company that built them

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh that's interesting. The one I had in the 1980s didn't have wheels.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Yeah not everyone did that im sure. Might also interest folks to know they werent actually solid wood cabinets either. Made of the same stuff as the floors in mobilehomes

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Back in my day, that was a TV stand with a sheet over it.