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by flyinghamster 1871 days ago
Even without TEMPEST considerations, once you got up to about 19" or so, CRT monitors got to be downright heavy. Then there was my folks' old TV set, a 36" flat-screen CRT monster that was difficult even for two to lift. That thick slab of glass on the front must have been half its mass. Moving it required planning.