Youtuber attempts to track down down the white whale/holy grail of CRTs, a TV so impractical and expensive in its time that many cynics online believed it never entered production. Very fun video!...
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The KX-45ED1, aka the PVM-4300, was rumored to be the largest CRT ever made. A mysterious picture of one has circled the internet for years. Join me as we uncover the mystery of this massive and mythical tube TV.
Youtuber attempts to track down down the white whale/holy grail of CRTs, a TV so impractical and expensive in its time that many cynics online believed it never entered production.
Very fun video! Even if you're not particularly interested in CRTs, it makes for a very good story with lots of twists and turns.
That's seriously awesome, especially since they can play games at 960i with no lag using an upscaler too. 440lbs/200kg is absolutely insane though. I used to have a Sun Microsystems 20" CRT...
When playing a 4 player split-screen game, every person has the equivalent of a 21" monitor.
That's seriously awesome, especially since they can play games at 960i with no lag using an upscaler too. 440lbs/200kg is absolutely insane though. I used to have a Sun Microsystems 20" CRT monitor that I would often take to LAN parties back in the day, and it was 70lbs/31kg. It was a massive pain to lug around, so I can't even imagine trying to budge a 43" monster like this... let alone carry it down several flights of stairs and then ship it halfway around the world. :P
Pretty amazing that the kindly internet stranger who helped arranged all this, and went so far above and beyond by repeatedly going back to the restaurant to contact the owner, and even found local movers to pack/ship the TV, turned out to be Abebe Tinari... the director of Bayonetta Origins! :P
I honestly didn't expect to watch the whole thing when I initially clicked the link and realized it was over 30min, but the story totally drew me in. Thanks for sharing this, @EmperorPenguin. It was a great video!
Youtuber attempts to track down down the white whale/holy grail of CRTs, a TV so impractical and expensive in its time that many cynics online believed it never entered production.
Very fun video! Even if you're not particularly interested in CRTs, it makes for a very good story with lots of twists and turns.
It’s almost hard to believe the story. And the way he says everything so matter of fact when it’s “stranger than fiction” is funny.
That's seriously awesome, especially since they can play games at 960i with no lag using an upscaler too. 440lbs/200kg is absolutely insane though. I used to have a Sun Microsystems 20" CRT monitor that I would often take to LAN parties back in the day, and it was 70lbs/31kg. It was a massive pain to lug around, so I can't even imagine trying to budge a 43" monster like this... let alone carry it down several flights of stairs and then ship it halfway around the world. :P
Pretty amazing that the kindly internet stranger who helped arranged all this, and went so far above and beyond by repeatedly going back to the restaurant to contact the owner, and even found local movers to pack/ship the TV, turned out to be Abebe Tinari... the director of Bayonetta Origins! :P
I honestly didn't expect to watch the whole thing when I initially clicked the link and realized it was over 30min, but the story totally drew me in. Thanks for sharing this, @EmperorPenguin. It was a great video!