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Old 04-20-2022, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by EdFNJ View Post
At 180# plus it sounds like one of those old bigazz 27" "squarish" CRT (tube) HD units? If so it's likely no one is going to take it even for free. I had one (a Sony) years ago and when I sold it for my first Plasma TV 2 brothers gave me $50 for it (cost close to $2K), picked it up and carried it out of the house and down 10 steps like it was a paperweight. Better off taking it apart and putting it into plastic bags (other than the tube) and put it out for garbage. I just cut up an entire diswasher and put it out in 2 plastic bags (other then the 2 racks someone took) because I'd have to wait a month to have it picked up by the sanitation dept here. Good old sawzall cuts anything up. Not even sure "Got Junk" would take it if it wasn't at the curb ...... I guess for enough $$$$ they'd take anything.

Edit: Just found it online. Mine was a Sony WEGA KV-32HV600 weighed 190lbs. Is that similar to what you have?
Mine is a SHARP brand TV, and it is 36" diagonal measure screen. Yes, the screen is square, not rectangular like modern TV's.

I wouldn't mind taking it apart (if I have to) to get rid of it. It's just that I'm not sure that would be easy, and I'm not sure how safe it is doing that. I don't want to get shocked by some capacitor or break some tube that has mercury or other hazardous material or gas in it. It's not like taking an old lawnmower apart.