What Happened to the World’s Largest Tube TV?

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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.

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More details and high-res photos of the KX-45ED1 on the Console Mods wiki:
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MUSIC
projectshay:
unexist – https://projectshay.bandcamp.com/album/unexist
Mulberry Sunrise – https://projectshay.bandcamp.com/track/mulberry-sunrise
Bourbon – https://projectshay.bandcamp.com/track/bourbon

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azure – https://projectshay.bandcamp.com/track/azure
Latte – https://projectshay.bandcamp.com/album/latte
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Mainframe – https://projectshay.bandcamp.com/track/mainframe
SCRAP! – https://projectshay.bandcamp.com/track/scrap

Echo Visor:
The Jazz Lounge, An Interlude – https://echovisor.bandcamp.com/track/the-jazz-lounge-an-interlude
The B Train to Downtown – https://echovisor.bandcamp.com/track/the-b-train-to-downtown

Lud and Schlatts Musical Emporium:
Ride of the Valkyries – https://youtu.be/uNkRW_9pHRQ

The Happy Alright:
Next 2 Me – https://open.spotify.com/track/5l3IT5zYuWcbqrOd0Wlbp4

Boy Don’t Cry:
Altitude – https://open.spotify.com/track/3l0BUoRa27GT3GsxmWNh52

Slick:
Tense Meeting – (unreleased)

YOUTUBE VIDEOS:
bluesmokeproductions:
Amazing 1000fps CRT Burst – https://youtu.be/qa12Qrz8oGI
Huge Console TV Implosion – https://youtu.be/p3G8XYO1gmM
RCA TV IMPLOSION – https://youtu.be/eUMrjkY9gYY

shango066:
Color CRT Safety Glass Removal Cataract Repair – https://youtu.be/VzLeSngY0ks
Color Television CRT Cataract Removal and Replacement Pt1 1966 Sylvania Tabletop – https://youtu.be/E-X0HmOg5qA

Jerry Walker:
Curing CRT Cataracts – https://youtu.be/iTcZbBp5yGY

Alice Tyrell:
I Replaced my Camera Operator with a Robot, for $20 – https://youtu.be/DXSgPqVLiHc

Laserfights:
Should you game on an HD CRT? – https://youtu.be/K-D2A0IAusY?si=eOH6aNuYXG-Xx8-f

くうしば:
【潜入】見た目むっちゃ入りにくいお蕎麦屋さんに行ってみた【ちく満】- https://youtu.be/aPqHejxXkEE

Beyond the Summit Smash:
Hungrybox throws CRT – https://youtu.be/1JGz0E71lr4

0:00 – Old TVs
1:30 – The Mythic KX-45ED1
3:39 – Ancient Noodles
6:15 – The Stranger
8:04 – Operation: Big Boy
10:39 – Waiting
11:05 – Logistics
12:56 – Money
15:03 – Extraction
16:13 – The Unboxening
17:46 – Latency and Processing
19:14 – Tube Measuring Contest
20:26 – An Interview
25:18 – Not An Interview
27:34 – Service
32:23 – Tyler, the Destroyer
34:10 – Meet the Hero
34:58 – A Special Piece of History

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Very interesting. I still have a fully functioning 32 inch CRT branded Ferguson for the UK market, which I bought in the 80s to watch my extensive collection of VHS films and TV shows. These were often made from Channel 4 or BBC2 films and historical repeats like The Prisoner, Hancocks Half Hour and docs on anything to with transport. I moved to South America 25 years ago and this set was shipped here where I watch it ocasionally. It was Japanese I think but I do not remember the maker and cannot find the instruction manual at present. Well done on saving that piece of brown goods history.

add in a bit of fake drama with some bad guys, and a cute girl as the love interest, and you could sell this as a script for a movie.

Wasnt linus looking for one of these to make a video about?

I moved into new/old house in 2020. There was a Sony trinitron 34″ upstairs on a 325# capacity turn table in a built-in entertainment center with 5.1 surround sound. Weighed 197#. State of the art in 2004. I was able to give it away to a gamer. I’m so glad I did rather than using it for target practice. Had a very nice picture. I did have it set up in the garage for awhile and I would watch DVD’s while working.