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Heavy set dude...

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Originally Posted by Bill R

I had one of those Sears/Sanyo sets for a while. It was a 19inch (I think, I know it was a smaller screen size than the roundies or the early rectangular sets at the time.) metal consolette set. It looked like a metal table model with long skinny legs attached. Horrid is a good description. It was a nightmare to work on, and it must have weighed 600 lbs. (well it felt that heavy anyway) I ended up scraping it since it was impossible to keep working for any length of time.

I recall having two of those Sears sets once upon a time. And you're right they were heavy. There was a thread here on AK and a picture posted some time back. I remember posting that I first saw that Sears 19" set in Sears TV dept. It looked mighty small standing next to its roundie brothers.

-Steve D.

Yep- seems like ours was a 19" model, & had those funny skinny legs.IIRC, tho whole damn thing was kinda odd-looking. My dad sold it to a fella who worked where he did, don't think it ever gave the guy a speck of trouble. Maybe it didn't like us or something....<grin>-Sandy G.

An aunt of mine in Chicago who worked for Sears owned a large color console with that tilt out control panel. This too may have been a Sanyo. Only reason she bought that set and not a Zenith is due to her major employee discount....otherwise, the rest of my relatives all owned Zeniths.....being the good Chicagoans they are.

Anthony