The biggest CRT ever made: Sony's PVM-4300

Re:The biggest CRT ever made: Sony's PVM-4300 by FuriouslyAdrift on Monday December 22, 2025 @10:18AM (#46354789)

I had the first high-def Sonys in the US market. I worked at a high end audio video store in the mid 90s and they gave it to me cheap as they couldn't get rid of it.

https://crtdatabase.com/crts/sony/sony-kw-34hd1

Even at 34", the thing weighed 200lbs (plus the stand it came with). I lived in a 3rd floor walk up. I found out who my true friends were the day we brought it back from the store. I left that thing in the apartment when I moved. I bet it is still there to this day.

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Re:The biggest CRT ever made: Sony's PVM-4300 by qingcharles on Monday December 22, 2025 @12:11PM (#46356063)

I had the 40" version and I left it in the house when I got divorced. That thing was insane to move. Needed minimum three people to lift it.

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Re:The biggest CRT ever made: Sony's PVM-4300 by NoiseBert69 on Monday December 22, 2025 @10:45AM (#46355039)

Most likely it's a central component of the buildings statics calculation meanwhile

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Re:The biggest CRT ever made: Sony's PVM-4300 by rationalist on Monday December 22, 2025 @11:12AM (#46355315)

They put it on a floating surface, now it's the building's earthquake counterweight.

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