• aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    My brother was always scared the TV would accidentally crack and implode while he was watching TV. I kept telling him that it would take a direct strike from a baseball bat or dropping it off the roof of the house to do that. Tube TVs were STRONG.

    TV screens today flutter when you touch them.

    • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org
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      19 days ago

      Those screens are really just thin glass sandwiches.

      And they’re sharp too. When replacing a TV backlight I didn’t think about using gloves when lifting the panel. Welp, it can cut the skin a bit. If it slipped as I held it, that would have been fun for sure…
      Anyway, the correct course of action is probably suction cups. Especially with larger panels. And a second person too. This was just a 32 inch panel.