I checked a 19" tv and a VCR once on US Airways. I bought a box at UHaul, packed both items in it, and used styrofoam peanuts as packing. Pack the TV so that the back of the set is against or almost against the wall of the box, this will keep the screen further away from the side. Stuff the packing in tight. The only damage was to the little door on the VCR where the tape goes in, and that might have happened before we checked it, as the box fell off the luggage cart twice between the parking garage and check in