Comment on Two distinct eras of television

• The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There was a weird transition era where some flat screens still weren’t super skinny.

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  • TWeaK@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There were also those big ass plasma TVs and stuff.

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  • Aggravationstation@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yea but a VCR or even a DVD still wouldn’t have fit on top

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    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Man, you could have had a mini golf course on top of those TVs!

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• Zehzin@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Could be a DVD player.

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  • TWeaK@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t think that’s what they meant, rather how could you fit any device on top of a flat screen TV?

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    • bisby@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “Flat” and “flat screen” arent the same thing. CRT TVs had a curved glass screen. Due to the fact that the rear projection could just project across the curve. With technology advancements they were able to improve picture clarity while flattening the screen. These were still bulky projection style TVs, but were called flat screen. But then when actual “flat” TVs (in the form of LCD, etc) came around people kept using the term. So a flat screen TV could be very thick.

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      • RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        They had to work like hell to modify the analog signal to project the curved image on the flat screen.

        TBH it didn’t affect the viewing experience.

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    • Zehzin@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My first LCD TV is pretty chonky, you can definitely put one there, though it’d probably be at an angle

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