#cathode ray tubes

[stone-cold-groove]

RCA XL-100 takes out a major cause of tv repairs. Ad for RCA XL-100 television sets - 1972.

[andmaybegayer]

I picked up a desktop particle accelerator. It's huge! 19" screen displayed at up to 1920x1440 pixels if you get the tuning just right. It's bigger than god and twice as heavy. We made some weird stuff in the early 2000's.

There's something indescribable about the glow of an analog phosphor display that is perfect for being some kind of horrible Computer Gremlin that no OLED or LCD can replicate. Plasma comes close but only in spirit. It can remember the scent of the ions and the glow of the phosphors but the miniaturisation process has fragmented its soul.

I'm gonna figure out how to get this to display amber or green text good-like and install a BSD on whatever it's connected to.

[stone-cold-groove]

Admiral gives you the only 3-year warranty on the color picture tube... Ad for the warranty on Admiral’s color television sets - 1969.

[stone-cold-groove]

RCA introduces ColorTrak TV for people who aren’t big TV fans. Ad for RCA ColorTrak small-screen television sets - 1981.

[stone-cold-groove]

You can count on Sears for an enormous choice (and sometimes a tiny one). Ad for Sears televisions - 1981.

[stone-cold-groove]

Mitchell Living Image 17" television with the “Studio View” rectangular picture tube. Ad for Mitchell Televisions - 1951.

[hindbodes]

Holy shit, I think I just heard Yahtzee praise the eerieness of a 5:4 aspect ratio.

[spaceeballs]

no matter what the first rule of any stem related research is always indian guy on youtube. the most reliable, well-explained concepts for all of STEM have come from some indian guy on youtube