I think the difference is that they where build to be repairable. Back in the 70s and 80s a large screen tv was a status symbol, and a top end model could cost multiple months of salary and last 10 years or more.
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ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 weeks agoThat was the thing with these old heavy CRTs … they could take a beating … they could also give a beating.
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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
have you really used a CRT if you haven’t learned how to smack it back into working?
undeffeined@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
Good ol percussion maintenance
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
lol … I had a few family members with that mentality … you gave it a few gentle smacks to try to coax it to work and often it did work … but when it didn’t, they’d hit it harder, then harder, then harder until the screen just turned into horizontal or diagonal static which usually meant the thing was destroyed.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Sounds like they didn’t know how to hit it right to me