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thatpurplestuff:
I feel your pain dude... I spent many hours just staring at that TV wondering how on earth I was going to lift it into a cab.  Until you've felt how heavy and awkward this specific make of TV is it's hard to understand what a challenge this really is.

Maybe take part of my idea: attach a small wooden frame around the front of the TV just to provide yourself some solid handles... the lack of areas to grab on to was one of the main issues I was having.  Then, lay the cab with the monitor opening facing upwards so you can lower the TV in with a few friends, then once it has been lowered you can remove the wooden handles so it is just resting on the cab.

I really don't have a lot of great ideas for this... the weight and awkwardness make it really easy to break the neck off.  Good luck and keep us updated as to what you work out!
severdhed:
thanks for the advice..although i'm not sure laying the cabinet down is going to be an option...it is a gigantic showcase cabinet, which probably weighs as much as the TV.  plus the TV tube is is deeper than the cabinet,  there is a box that bolts onto the back to cover the neck of the tube, but this tube is so large, that it will stick out past the back of the cabinet, so i'm going to have to modify the the cabinet to cover the neck of the monitor once it is mounted.  but since it is that way, if i lay the cabinet down on it's back, the neck of the tube would hit the ground before the monitor would be in position.

i'll try to post a few pics tomorrow to show you what i mean.

paigeoliver:
You DO NOT always discharge a monitor before touching anything. You ONLY discharge a monitor if you need to take the suction cup off the tube.

I have a frame for a 32" arcade monitor, if you wanted to build up your TV conversion in a proper frame. It actually came out of a showcase cabinet, I also have the metal rails the frame mounted to in the showcase cabinet.

In fact I just took this picture of the cabinet it came out of this afternoon!
sharpfork:
The offer of a proper frame is a generous one.  Are you guys near each other?

The burning cab is  :o
paigeoliver:
Listed the showcase cabinet on here 3 months ago that I would basically accept any offer. Held it 3 months, never had a single inquiry about it. Today I stripped out all the cabinet hardware and burned it.
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