Used the total power of a modern household, but you could FIX it! Dad and I took a few trips to the grocery store to test and buy new tubes. If dad couldn’t hack it, call the repair guy. Imagine it being cheaper to have a man come to your house a few times than to buy a new TV.
Would have weighed a ton. Barely any plastic, solid wood through out. Electrical components that weren’t miniaturized yet.
Stuff was HEAVY back then. More than you’d think.
…heck, may parents’ first litton microwave took three grown men to move and we barely managed at that…
Used the total power of a modern household, but you could FIX it! Dad and I took a few trips to the grocery store to test and buy new tubes. If dad couldn’t hack it, call the repair guy. Imagine it being cheaper to have a man come to your house a few times than to buy a new TV.
The console TV in the meme would have needed 2 big ass, grown men to carry it down at most 3 steps, or just level ground floor no more than 75 feet.
Elvis had to be wary of ricochets from shooting at these TVs.