Resolution took a step back as well, IIRC. The last CRT I had could do 1200 vertical pixels, but I feel like it was years before we saw greater than 768 or 1080 on flat screen displays.
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Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks agoAs someone who still uses a CRT for specific uses, I feel that you’re misremembering the switch over from CRT to LCD. At the time, LCD were blurry and less vibrant than CRT. Technical advancements have solved this over time.
Late model CRTs were even flat to eliminate the distortion you’re describing.
rothaine@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Sure, but they were thin, flat, and good enough. The desk space savings alone was worth it.
I remember massive projection screens that took up half of a room. People flocked to wall mounted screens even though the picture was worse.
Pulptastic@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
I had a flat CRT. It was even heavier than a regular one.
Soggytoast@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
They’re under a pretty high vacuum inside, so the flat glass has to be thicker to be strong enough
Pulptastic@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
Yeah I suspect there’s some lensing going on in there too which adds more weight.
Hadriscus@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
yeah my parents had a trinitron, that thing weighed a whole cattle herd. The magnetic field started failing in the later years so one corner was forever distorted. It was an issue playing Halo because I couldn’t read the motion tracker (lower left)