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      Yes but I imagine this mammoth of a TV survived to the 80s for this specific person to make the generalized statement of it being a developed fear in the 80s.

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        My friend has probably this exact TV in their family home until probably the early 2000s. I bet it was because no one wanted to move it.

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    With how big and cheap they are and a lot more mounted to the wall I’d be curious how many tvs get left because it’s easy to just grab laptops, game systems, etc. It still takes two people to carry those huge thin TVs and they don’t really fit in a backpack.

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      It still takes two people to carry those huge thin TVs

      Idk about that, I can reasonably carry up to a 65 inch by myself and I’m not particularly tall (not even 6 ft) so someone taller than me probably could conceivably carry a 75+ tv

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        Yeah but then you get into having to worry about how thin they are. Try wall mounting a 65 inch LG OLED by yourself. It’s practically impossible without cracking the screen.

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    Hum… Not long ago the local police here arrested a gang specialized in stealing concrete mixers from construction sites.

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    We are there again I think. If someone wants to steal my 50" and carry it down 5 flights of a narrow staircase past some nosy neighbors, be my guest.

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    Odd. The one we had was on wheels. Hidden casters. I used to work for a company that built them

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        Yeah not everyone did that im sure. Might also interest folks to know they werent actually solid wood cabinets either. Made of the same stuff as the floors in mobilehomes