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[–] 13 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Not least because CRT screens were nigh on bulletproof (and heavy as fuck, containing vacuum reliably needs mass).

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    OMFG they were so insanely heavy!

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 child)

    In college (early 2000s), we had a 50-something inch CRT. I think that thing weighed upwards of 500 lbs, was positively massive (maybe 3 feet deep?) and it took 4-6 people to move it in and out of our on-campus apartments every year.

    It was fucking baller for the time, though

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