TV Size Has Always Mattered
There are two reasons to want a big TV.
The first is that you just love TV and want the best experience when watching movies or shows.
The second is that you want to show people that you have a big TV.
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It’s a status symbol that’s still relevant today.
InFriendsChandler and Joey prize their big-screen TV and leather recliners.
No matter which way you slice it, a big TV was an idea with plenty of cultural cache.
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While CRT TVs would top out at around 40-inches.
Contrast that with modern flat panels, where you have a pretty linear scale when it comes to weight.
If you wanted a true big-screen TV, it was rear-projection or nothing.
It wouldn’t be until the 1970s that RPTVs would become truly ready for the public.
At least those with deep pockets.
By the mid 80s, these big-screen TVs weregoing strong, butby 2012 rear-projection was dead.
What I saw was a dim, fuzzy, and quite unattractive image.
Heck, CRTs look better than most flat panels do today, they’re just much smaller image-wise.
I would watch cartoons 100% on one of these behemoths.
If only we could get over ourpointless obsession with thin TVs.
