re: I have a question, Zoners.
Get a dolly, throw a blanket over the TV. Strap the TV onto the dolly with some rubber snubbers or rope, use the dolly. If yer neighbors don't have one, they can be found cheaply at any hardware store, and are invaluable for any number of tasks.
If it were me, I'd just break out the leather straps, get that sucker up on my back and hump it on up the stairs. I grew up doing farm work, and the day a TV and a set of stairs whips my ass is the day I need to check into the retirement home.
The last possibility is to wrap it (securely) in a blanket and very gently roll it on its side up the stairs.
Yeti