Ugh my grandparents gave me a modern 36in Trinitron when I was in college. I ended up leaving it with one of my old roommates when I moved out, mostly because I didn't want to move it again. It felt like it was made out of solid glass, it had to be near 200 pounds (probably exaggerating, but it was heavy and extremely awkward to hold while moving with two people). I'm kinda wishing I still had it now.
that is 75 Kg/165 lbs, so 100 Kg or more for a 36" seems just right (as said on the other thread I have a special table/support for it).
And BTW the only reason why I changed my good ol' (as well trinitron) 20" inch computer monitor with a "flat" 22" screen is because aging I see better the screen at a slightly increased distance (i.e. thanks to the reduced thickness I can have the screen some 30-40 cm farther on my desktop).
We have a Sony 36" 4:3 HD Trinitron in the basement for the kids to play old Nintendo and Sega games on. It weighs 238.5 lbs without the stand. I can barely pick it up.
When we moved from a 3rd floor walk-up to our house, one mover used several straps to strap it to his front and carried it down the stairs by himself. He was a beast, as broad as he was tall.
As someone who spent a few years working in home entertainment retail I can confirm that Trinitrons were by far the heaviest CRTs of any given size. They were truly excellent, though.
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Ugh my grandparents gave me a modern 36in Trinitron when I was in college. I ended up leaving it with one of my old roommates when I moved out, mostly because I didn't want to move it again. It felt like it was made out of solid glass, it had to be near 200 pounds (probably exaggerating, but it was heavy and extremely awkward to hold while moving with two people). I'm kinda wishing I still had it now.
Not sure about which model, but 200 pounds is actually a bit light for a 36" CRT.
https://www.cnet.com/products/sony-kv-36fs12-wega-36-crt-tv/
(It's 222 pounds for those who don't want to click the link).
I used to lug around a 27" CRT by myself every time I moved, and it was a giant pain in the ass. It was worth it though for the picture quality.
→ 101kg (I suspect the figure in pounds, 222.66lb, has been converted from this.)
And for that matter, 36" ≅ 91cm, 27" ≅ 69cm, although strangely TVs are still advertised in inches in many otherwise-metric countries.
At first I wasn't sure why you were making this comment, then I realized many HN readers might not be familiar with US-centric measurements.
I guess I'm Americentric.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americentrism
If you think that's heavy I've seen people selling 40" CRTs, which I think weigh around 315 lbs
Only as anecdata, I stil have and use daily a "huge" Sony 32" trinitron as TV:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16060031
that is 75 Kg/165 lbs, so 100 Kg or more for a 36" seems just right (as said on the other thread I have a special table/support for it).
And BTW the only reason why I changed my good ol' (as well trinitron) 20" inch computer monitor with a "flat" 22" screen is because aging I see better the screen at a slightly increased distance (i.e. thanks to the reduced thickness I can have the screen some 30-40 cm farther on my desktop).
You are probably pretty close based on the details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FD_Trinitron/WEGA
We have a Sony 36" 4:3 HD Trinitron in the basement for the kids to play old Nintendo and Sega games on. It weighs 238.5 lbs without the stand. I can barely pick it up.
When we moved from a 3rd floor walk-up to our house, one mover used several straps to strap it to his front and carried it down the stairs by himself. He was a beast, as broad as he was tall.
As someone who spent a few years working in home entertainment retail I can confirm that Trinitrons were by far the heaviest CRTs of any given size. They were truly excellent, though.