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The KX-45ED1 was offered in the United States at a price of $40,000.
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It was a television so large that it did not fit through the door frame.
Television technology has changed a lot in recent decades. Currently we have options for all tastes. We can choose from the type of display panel to the screen size, which can exceed 100 inches. About 35 years ago, however, the Japanese surprised the world with a TV larger than 40 inches.
As Joystick magazine reported, Sony introduced the KX-45ED1 in the early 1990s. This is a real beast of a television. It was 105 cm long, 76.7 cm deep and 92.5 cm high. The black box, typical in devices of that time, hid a cathode ray tube (CRT) that gave life to a 43-inch screen.
A television that practically did not leave Japan
For a long time, Japan was at the technological forefront. Many devices were first launched in the Asian country and later landed in other markets, such as the United States or Europe. This is what happened with the Walkman or the PlayStation. The KX-45ED1, however, was not sold in too many countries, probably because of the prohibitive price it had.
One of the markets in which the 43-inch CRT television arrived was the United States. It did so shortly after its launch in Japan, but with a price of $40,000. With that money you could buy two new cars. If the price was truly crazy, the mission of getting it to your living room or bedroom was also crazy because of its dimensions and weight.
It weighed 200 kg and, although the old technology was presumably more robust than the current one, it had to be transferred with great care. Furthermore, as reported in The Verge, it was too big to fit through the door frame. Now, once you had it, you could enjoy Enhanced Definition TV, which offered excellent picture quality.
The television had RGB and S-Video video inputs, as well as audio inputs, to connect the devices that you could connect back then, such as a console or a VHS player. It should be noted that this television was not born as a television, but as a professional monitor. It was originally introduced under the name PVM 430 in the late 1990s at the Consumer Electronics Show.
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