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I don't mean BETTER. That's a different conversation. I mean cooler.

An old CRT display was literally a small scale particle accelerator, firing angry electron beams at light speed towards the viewers, bent by an electromagnet that alternates at an ultra high frequency, stopped by a rounded rectangle of glowing phosphors.

If a CRT goes bad it can actually make people sick.

That's just. Conceptually a lot COOLER than a modern LED panel, which really is just a bajillion very tiny lightbulbs.

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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Also, waving a magnet around a crt was fun.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 month ago

Yes!

Also, the static on the screen. I don't mean snow, but the actual static that raised your arm hairs. Whenever my parents needed to leave a note for us, they'd just stick the paper to the TV screen and it would stay there because of the static.

[–] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Great way to not have a crt anymore.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Not in my experience. You use a degaussing tool (which is an electromagnet) on crts when the picture gets all “wonky” (technical term).

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Nah, that didn't harm it.