I'm looking at buying a flat screen CRT type TV used on Craig's list. You
can get new ones for a couple hundred bucks, now that everyone's flocking to
flat panels. One listing
http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/ele/281025797.html claims the 32"
Trinitron Wega weighs "nearly 500 lbs". While I find this hard to believe,
it makes picking up/carrying such a set up the 2 flights of stairs out of
the question. Are these sets REALLY that heavy???

Thanks

Dan

"Dan" wrote in message
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I'm looking at buying a flat screen CRT type TV used on Craig's list. You
can get new ones for a couple hundred bucks, now that everyone's flocking
to flat panels. One listing
http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/ele/281025797.html claims the 32"
Trinitron Wega weighs "nearly 500 lbs". While I find this hard to
believe, it makes picking up/carrying such a set up the 2 flights of
stairs out of the question. Are these sets REALLY that heavy???

A friend just bought one. It took two men to deliver it to his home.


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Dan wrote:
I'm looking at buying a flat screen CRT type TV used on Craig's list. You
can get new ones for a couple hundred bucks, now that everyone's flocking to
flat panels. One listing
http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/ele/281025797.html claims the 32"
Trinitron Wega weighs "nearly 500 lbs". While I find this hard to believe,
it makes picking up/carrying such a set up the 2 flights of stairs out of
the question. Are these sets REALLY that heavy???

Thanks

Dan




I'm not sure about 500 lbs, but they are extremely heavy. I lifted one
side of a 32" Trinitron once and would estimate the set weighs close to
300 lbs. I certainly wouldn't have wanted to carry it very far.

"Dan" wrote in
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I'm looking at buying a flat screen CRT type TV used on Craig's list.
You can get new ones for a couple hundred bucks, now that everyone's
flocking to flat panels. One listing
http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/ele/281025797.html claims the 32"
Trinitron Wega weighs "nearly 500 lbs". While I find this hard to
believe, it makes picking up/carrying such a set up the 2 flights of
stairs out of the question. Are these sets REALLY that heavy???

Thanks

Dan


You figure out how thick the glass needs to be on a tube that big,
considering that there is 15 pounds pressing on every square inch of the
tube.

Then figure out how much a piece of glass that thick is going weigh when it
is as big as the bell and neck of the CRT.

For the faceplate, I think you will want a large safety factor, in case
someone hits the glass, plus a safety shield in front of that, so don't
forget to add that weight.

Don't forget the weight of the case and electronics, even though those are
small compared with the CRT itself.

Yeah, the sets are 'really that heavy', but with the right tools and plenty
of muscles, people do put them in upstairs rooms.





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"Dan" wrote in
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I'm looking at buying a flat screen CRT type TV used on Craig's list.
You can get new ones for a couple hundred bucks, now that everyone's
flocking to flat panels. One listing
http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/ele/281025797.html claims the 32"
Trinitron Wega weighs "nearly 500 lbs". While I find this hard to
believe, it makes picking up/carrying such a set up the 2 flights of
stairs out of the question. Are these sets REALLY that heavy???

Thanks

Dan



You figure out how thick the glass needs to be on a tube that big,
considering that there is 15 pounds pressing on every square inch of the
tube.

Then figure out how much a piece of glass that thick is going weigh when it
is as big as the bell and neck of the CRT.

For the faceplate, I think you will want a large safety factor, in case
someone hits the glass, plus a safety shield in front of that, so don't
forget to add that weight.

Don't forget the weight of the case and electronics, even though those are
small compared with the CRT itself.

Yeah, the sets are 'really that heavy', but with the right tools and plenty
of muscles, people do put them in upstairs rooms.



Not just the glass, Trinitron tubes also have a very heavy Invar frame
to support the aperature grill. The dead 27" tube I dissected had a
frame made of nearly 1" square metal bars.

The typical weight for a Sony 32 inch flat screen CRT TV boxed can be about
170 to 220 lbs, depending on the model.

Why would you want such a monster anyways?



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"Dan" wrote in message
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I'm looking at buying a flat screen CRT type TV used on Craig's list. You
can get new ones for a couple hundred bucks, now that everyone's flocking
to flat panels. One listing
http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/ele/281025797.html claims the 32"
Trinitron Wega weighs "nearly 500 lbs". While I find this hard to
believe, it makes picking up/carrying such a set up the 2 flights of
stairs out of the question. Are these sets REALLY that heavy???

A friend just bought one. It took two men to deliver it to his home.


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JANA wrote:
The typical weight for a Sony 32 inch flat screen CRT TV boxed can be about
170 to 220 lbs, depending on the model.

Why would you want such a monster anyways?





Well I don't personally need one since I already have a bigger TV, but I
can certainly see why someone would want one. The picture is phenomenal
on a nicely adjusted one, maybe not as sharp as a plasma, but a whole
lot cheaper. I'm still a fan of CRT projection myself, but then all I
use my TV for is watching movies.

JANA wrote:

The typical weight for a Sony 32 inch flat screen CRT TV boxed can be about
170 to 220 lbs, depending on the model.

Why would you want such a monster anyways?

The new 36" WEGA CRT monitor is just over 200 pounds unboxed. Older
models might be a tad heavier. Gorgeous picture for about $800.

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claims the 32" Trinitron Wega weighs "nearly 500 lbs".

I have one in my living room, don't know about 500 but am sure it's 400 or
so. Maybe they are talking about shipping weight. RM~

PS, Have had it over 5 years and haven't had to do anything to it other than
adjust volume and channel.

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Well I don't personally need one since I already have a bigger TV, but I
can certainly see why someone would want one. The picture is phenomenal on
a nicely adjusted one, maybe not as sharp as a plasma, but a whole lot
cheaper. I'm still a fan of CRT projection myself, but then all I use my
TV for is watching movies.

The CRT models may last 20 or 30 years. How long will the plasma/LED etc
models last?


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Sony specs on 32" CRT Wega http://tinyurl.com/3587b6 165 pounds

Dan wrote:
I'm looking at buying a flat screen CRT type TV used on Craig's list. You
can get new ones for a couple hundred bucks, now that everyone's flocking to
flat panels. One listing
http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/ele/281025797.html claims the 32"
Trinitron Wega weighs "nearly 500 lbs". While I find this hard to believe,
it makes picking up/carrying such a set up the 2 flights of stairs out of
the question. Are these sets REALLY that heavy???

Thanks

Dan

You should check Sony specs for the model. I can tell you this, last
year before I bought my Sony 46" Bravia, my main TV which was an older
heavy duty NAD 26" monitor started to get flaky. So I moved it to the
bedroom and we bought a cheap used Toshiba 35" from a moving sale. That
TV did feel like 500LBs! I rented a furniture dolly to move it from the
car to the lanai and then enlisted a neighbor to help me lift it onto
the stand in the house. After getting the new set, we moved it again,
enlsiting another neighbor to help us lower it to the floor onto a piece
of carpet. My son, wife and I then slid it on the floorand lifted onto
the stand in the bedroom and it was unbearably heavy. Unless you are
getting a real baragain, I would suggest looking at the deals for LCD
and plazma TV's. I really don't know what I am going to do to get this
old beast out of the house when I replace it. I am not going to further
burden my neighbors with this!

Dan wrote:

I'm looking at buying a flat screen CRT type TV used on Craig's list. You
can get new ones for a couple hundred bucks, now that everyone's flocking to
flat panels. One listing
http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/ele/281025797.html claims the 32"
Trinitron Wega weighs "nearly 500 lbs". While I find this hard to believe,
it makes picking up/carrying such a set up the 2 flights of stairs out of
the question. Are these sets REALLY that heavy???

Thanks

Dan





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"Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason."

"Follow The Money" ;-P

"JANA" wrote in message
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The typical weight for a Sony 32 inch flat screen CRT TV boxed can be
about
170 to 220 lbs, depending on the model.

Why would you want such a monster anyways?


To watch until my 72" DLP arrives.

duh...

"**THE-RFI-EMI-GUY**" wrote in message
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I am not going to further
burden my neighbors with this!


That's too bad, I was just going to ask for their PHONE NUMBERS!!! ;-)

I did look on the Sony site (thought of it right after I posted, naturally
;-\ ). They list their 36" FD Trinitron® WEGA® Digital TVKD-36FS170 as
weighing 216#s. Doesn't say though if this is shipping weight, though I'm
guessing the packing wouldn't add more than 20#s, if that. So the mothers
ARE heavy, and older examples probably even more so. I actually DID have a
larger TV, a Samsung LN-S4695D 46" LCD television, which I returned recently
due to dissatisfaction with the picture (cloudiness & poor shadow detail,
which I posted about here earlier). At this point, I'm waiting until 1080p
plasmas become more prevalent/CHEAPER. Would love to get this award-winning
50" Pioneer plasma,
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pn...043890,00.html
but at 8 grand, my wife'd kill me ;-) I thought a cheap used flat screen of
decent size would be a good stop-gab that we could move to the bedroom or
elsewhere later on. Having a helluva time going back to my 18 year old 25"
sharp!!!

Thanks for the replies.

Dan

I bought a Sony 46S2010 720P LCD for christmas. Others have complained
about cloudiness but I see none. I did have to return the first one I
got because a row of pixels went out. I think that first set had been
dropped by the CC warehouse because the box was slightly damaged and the
styrofoam cushions were cracked up. I have wall mounted the set and am
pleased. It is much lighter at 66lbs then the Toshiba 35" CRT.

Dan wrote:

"**THE-RFI-EMI-GUY**" wrote in message
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I am not going to further


burden my neighbors with this!




That's too bad, I was just going to ask for their PHONE NUMBERS!!! ;-)

I did look on the Sony site (thought of it right after I posted, naturally
;-\ ). They list their 36" FD Trinitron® WEGA® Digital TVKD-36FS170 as
weighing 216#s. Doesn't say though if this is shipping weight, though I'm
guessing the packing wouldn't add more than 20#s, if that. So the mothers
ARE heavy, and older examples probably even more so. I actually DID have a
larger TV, a Samsung LN-S4695D 46" LCD television, which I returned recently
due to dissatisfaction with the picture (cloudiness & poor shadow detail,
which I posted about here earlier). At this point, I'm waiting until 1080p
plasmas become more prevalent/CHEAPER. Would love to get this award-winning
50" Pioneer plasma,
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pn...043890,00.html
but at 8 grand, my wife'd kill me ;-) I thought a cheap used flat screen of
decent size would be a good stop-gab that we could move to the bedroom or
elsewhere later on. Having a helluva time going back to my 18 year old 25"
sharp!!!

Thanks for the replies.

Dan








--
Joe Leikhim K4SAT
"The RFI-EMI-GUY"©

"Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason."

"Follow The Money" ;-P