On Friday, October 9, 2015 at 11:34:00 AM UTC-4, Mark Lloyd wrote:
On 10/08/2015 02:10 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

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The biggest CRT for 4:3 was 35", but the 32" was the biggest 16:9.
Projection TVs were in the 40" range but had a crappy picture, IMO.

I remember 36-inch CRTs in stores, and reading about 40-inch although
that was not commercially available.


Correct. I bought the first 35" TV that came out, Mitsubishi. Had
it for many years until the picture tube died. At which point I
bought a 36", think it was a Toshiba. That was the largest available
at that time and I think as big as they ever got.

Now I have a Sony 47" LCD and I'm not a happy camper. It's out of
warranty and it has a problem that's widespread, which is that the
thin flex conductor that is bonded to the display to carry the signals
is loose. The pic went from perfect, to just one bad line, to the
whole screen screwed up over time, eventually because unwatchable.
About a month ago, I took it apart, identified the bad connection.
It's a thin flex fine pitch cable that's about 4" wide. If I push
on it just right, the pic goes back to perfect. I figured out a
way to try to keep pressure on it by epoxying a piece of popsicle
stick to press against it. That worked for about a month, now it's
getting progressively worse again. Luckily I still have the TV half
apart, so can try again. No other solution, it's part of the display.