CRT TV nostalgia

[Fajita Jim]

Pulled my old 21" out of the dungeon today as I've been offered money for it (guy wants his NES Zapper to work), cleaned it up, turned it on...

...remember when you'd turn those on and static electricity would cover the screen, and you could wipe it off and all the hairs on your arm would stand up?

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....

[Fajita Jim]

Originalmente postado por Miss Ann Thrope:

The enormous weight of those TV's is what I'll remember most. They weren't fun to move.

Dolly cart.

[Trundle]

Heavy duty TV.

[Zekiran]

And they certainly warm up rooms with their ambient heat and radiation. :)

[MADWACZ]

Last time I saw a fat tv I got headache of it’s white noise.

[Dareto0910]

I still have on in my house thats being used
I really dont like CRT TVs, lotta reasons theyre bad, like giving you headaches and stuff, but the static electrcity was cool.

[Radene]

Those things are damn heavy though.

[Gen X]

Cat hearing and certain humans can hear a tv turning on and i mean the frequency not the speqker sound u would imagine

[Vince ✟]

Originalmente postado por Gen X:

Cat hearing and certain humans can hear a tv turning on and i mean the frequency not the speqker sound u would imagine

Dont make up stuff and dont expect to be heard after all the spam you put out. Just saying, you are probably blocked. You can still enjoy talking to your alt in the current status thread. Even I am enjoying that one.


OP: the CRT was fun but too damn heavy!

[Jej]

What I remember is nearly breaking my back from carrying this massive Tritintron up a flight of stairs.

Though I still like CRT's. I'm hoping to find a Sony PVM in an e-dumpster. You'd be surprised with what people throw away.

[Jej]

Originalmente postado por fauxtronic:

Sony Trinitron screens were a bittersweet experience. The absolutely best domestic CRT screens in existence... until you noticed the aperture grill tie wires in bright scenes. You could go years without seeing them (usually one fine horizontal wire on small screens, two or three on big screens) but once you did, you would *always* see them during bright scenes.

One of the few times in my life in which being short-sighted worked in my benefit.

[AmsterdamHeavy]

CRT TVs? Meh? Dat 480i though.

I had a 22" CRT monitor that could handle 1600x1200 resolution 20 years ago. Weighed about 70 lbs, was nearly 2 feet front to back depth.

Everything about it was great except the bulk, for the time, It would still hold up today except for the aspect ratio....and my eyes.

[Meneluma]

More than the static hum, I remember fondly the degaussing option on my CRT monitor, that click and the whole image wobbling like jello was pretty satisfying to see, with a satisfying sound too.

[Ganger]

When I was young, we had a massive black and white tv made from wood with 6 massive buttons to change channels and a slider for the volume. Plus it was heavy, very heavy.

All I can remember from this monster tv was that I was the remote control unless my mother had the brush handle near by.

[Ganger]

Originalmente postado por AmsterdamHeavy:

CRT TVs? Meh? Dat 480i though.

I had a 22" CRT monitor that could handle 1600x1200 resolution 20 years ago. Weighed about 70 lbs, was nearly 2 feet front to back depth.

Everything about it was great except the bulk, for the time, It would still hold up today except for the aspect ratio....and my eyes.

The trick was to set any CRT monitors refresh rate to higher than 75hz + to make the screen flicker less.

[Ⓥenom Ⓢnake 🐍]

Not used to have a giant crt. It was at least a hundred pounds if not more. I kind of still miss that TV though. My VHS films looked normal on it.

Don't miss that old high pitched whine though. You can walk in the room until the TV was on without even having to see it.