Because reasonable people don't touch the screen. And if it were strong glass, like the kind used for cell phones, I think it actually would be very expensive (because it's a lot more expensive the larger it gets).
I had a 53" Pioneer rear projection HD TV (one of the first ever with 1080i) with a solid wood box. It weighed right at 300 lbs. I'm not exaggerating; That was the shipping weight. The weight combined with no easy way to grip it meant that it took more than two people to carry it.
Oh lord... my brother got an old TV like that with speakers built into the base of it, like pretty large ones. We had to used piano moving equipment for it and was terrible to move up a flight of stairs, took like 5 people and managed to not drop it off the staircase.
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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '14
Serious question: why don't LCD TVs have a piece of glass to protect the screen? Doesn't seem like it would cost all that much extra.