Current Events > What's the biggest TV you've unboxed and set up by yourself?

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I'll be bringing home a 65" tomorrow and won't have anyone to help. It's a bit heavier than 2018 model I have and I was barely able to manage it.

Any secrets to not breaking anything?


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43 inch I guess, I needed my GFs dad to help me mount a 65 inch

If you're mounting it I have no idea how you'll be able to do it alone honestly

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50 inch

it was a pain getting it fixed to the TV stand

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65" but not alone. My wife helped me from the other end.
DON'T try a fucking 65"er alone, unless you can lift it as easily as you lift the empty box in which it came!
Edit: also not mounted on walls. Just used the little feet and put it in this furniture:


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55 I was able to put the legs easily and put it on the tv stand.

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Laserion posted...

65" but not alone. My wife helped me from the other end.
DON'T try a fucking 65"er alone, unless you can lift it as easily as you lift the empty box in which it came!
Edit: also not mounted on walls. Just used the little feet and put it in this furniture:

I'm using an adjustable stand I got off Amazon so I can raise it above my center channel speaker. Total weight with the stand will be about 58 lbs so it's not super heavy, but heavier than the previous.


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42 inch. I've had some 60+ inch TVs that I need help with because of the bulk more than the weight.

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65" LG OLED I did myself during march madness.

Getting it inside was fine, getting the box off was a bit troubling, getting it from ground to entertainment center alone, would not recommend. I'm 6'6" with like a 6'10" wingspan and it was way more unwieldy than i expected. I have a 50" plasma i move like its nothing solo, the OLED felt like it could easily flex and break, though.

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KILBOTz posted...

I'm 6'6" with like a 6'10" wingspan

Vitruvian Man would disagree with this...
Not that it's impossible.

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The samsung Q8FN 55 inch I had two years ago was all me. I later sold that one to my bro and got a 65 inch Q9FN...this is the one I need a bit of help, lol. Just someone to lift the other end of it just to make sure I don't break anything.

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KILBOTz posted...

65" LG OLED I did myself during march madness.

Getting it inside was fine, getting the box off was a bit troubling, getting it from ground to entertainment center alone, would not recommend. I'm 6'6" with like a 6'10" wingspan and it was way more unwieldy than i expected. I have a 50" plasma i move like its nothing solo, the OLED felt like it could easily flex and break, though.

What model/year OLED? Did you have problems with it flexing a little when you picked it up?

That's what I'm afraid of. I did a C8 alone and it did flex a little but luckily nothing broke. I had it on and off the stand multiple times by myself and it was terrifying every time. Not sure if CX uses the same materials for the screen.

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~53"?

no big deal, because I'd rather do it on my own.

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75" Samsung. I bought 5 of them about a year ago for my employer (small community college). I was the only one on campus and I didn't want to wait a week for others to return, so I ended up mounting 4 of them on rolling TV stands, and another on the wall.

The way Samsung designs their boxes, you just lift the box up and over the TV while it rests in it's cardboard and styrofoam base. From there, I installed the mounting bracket and then lifted the TV up in the center and placed it into the mount.

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LeoRavus posted...

What model/year OLED? Did you have problems with it flexing a little when you picked it up?

That's what I'm afraid of. I did a C8 alone and it did flex a little but luckily nothing broke. I had it on and off the stand multiple times by myself and it was terrifying every time. Not sure if CX uses the same materials for the screen.

CX65.

It took like 5 grip attempts to find something I was happy with because yeah, minor flexing in most positions. What I ended up doing was like clamping my chin down on the top of the set and taking as wide of a grip that still has the power supply / electronics portion of tv. Lift straight up, walk like 2 steps, unclamp my chin, release grip.

I tried doing a super wide grip but that felt for sure it would break. I tried sort of just lifting from directly the bottom and using other hand to balance but the torque to lift like that was too much. I tried lifting from the back, and a few others.

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KILBOTz posted...

CX65.

It took like 5 grip attempts to find something I was happy with because yeah, minor flexing in most positions. What I ended up doing was like clamping my chin down on the top of the set and taking as wide of a grip that still has the power supply / electronics portion of tv. Lift straight up, walk like 2 steps, unclamp my chin, release grip.

I tried doing a super wide grip but that felt for sure it would break. I tried sort of just lifting from directly the bottom and using other hand to balance but the torque to lift like that was too much. I tried lifting from the back, and a few others.

That's what I'll try. I just dragged the box in the house and it's definitely heavier overall than the C8. The adjustable stand I'll be using is only 5 lbs so hopefully it'll go smooth.

After the video I watched of some dude flexing an OLED trying to break it and failed I'm not too worried.

https://youtu.be/xIQwDhPmcIc?t=133

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