He was 43 inches, weighed 200 kilograms and cost a fortune.

• The KX-45ED1 was offered in the US for $40,000.

• It was a TV so big it didn’t fit through the door frame.

Television technology has changed a lot over the past decades. At the moment we have options for every taste. We can choose from the type of display panel to the screen size, which can exceed 100 inches. However, about 35 years ago the Japanese surprised the world TV larger than 40 inches.

According to Joystick Magazine, Sony introduced the KX-45ED1 in the early 1990s. This is a real beast of television. It was 105 cm long, 76.7 cm deep and 92.5 cm high. The black box, typical of devices of the time, contained a cathode ray tube (CRT), which gave life to the 43-inch screen.

The TV that almost never left Japan

Japan has long been at the forefront of technological development. Many devices were first released in the Asian country and later appeared in other markets such as the US or Europe. This is exactly what happened with the Walkman or PlayStation. However, the KX-45ED1 was not sold in many countries, probably due to his price was prohibitively high.

One of the markets where the 43-inch CRT TV arrived was the United States. This came shortly after the Japanese launch, but at a price of $40,000. With this money you could buy two new cars. If the price was truly crazy, the task of getting it into the living room or bedroom was also crazy due to its size and weight.

He weighed 200 kg. and although the old technology was apparently more reliable than the current one, it had to be transferred with great care. Plus, as The Verge reported, it was too big to fit through the door frame. Now that you have it, you can enjoy an HDTV that delivers superior picture quality.

The TV had RGB and S-Video video inputs, as well as audio inputs for connecting devices that could be connected back then, such as a console or VHS player. It should be noted that this TV was born not as a TV, but as a professional monitor. It was originally introduced as the PVM 430 in the late 1990s at the Consumer Electronics Show.

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