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The KX-45 ED1 isn’t just large; it’s impractically so. Weighing around 440 lbs, engineers needed to ensure that its massive thickness could withstand the forces of the atmosphere pressing against its lead-lined structure. Priced at $40,000 in its heyday, translating to over $100,000 today when adjusted for inflation, this television is the epitome of a self-indulgent engineering triumph, bordering on the absurd. Though many believed it to be a mere marketing stunt by Sony to show off during a competition with Mitsubishi, the lack of documented existence beyond a few promotional images clouded its status in the collector's realm, almost akin to a 'Bigfoot' of the CRT world.