My first job in IT 20-some years ago began swapping their CRTs for LCDs and I got to take home a Dell rebadge of a 19” Trinitron. It did 1600x1200 at 75hz. It had a fantastic picture for gaming. I can't for the life of me remember what happened to it.
After the divorce, my dad got a top of the line desktop with the biggest crt monitor is ever seen at that point. It must have been 19-20". He didn't know shit about computers, but he knew he wanted the biggest ones when he walked into best buy.
He never did a damn thing with that powerhouse but watch porn, a fact I unfortunately stumbled upon when clearing all the malware from shady Y2K era porn sites.
Folks, never Ever learn your folks sexual preferences.
I had one like that. It gave up its magic smoke a short time after I discovered you could enter custom horizontal timings in Linux for higher-than-standard resolutions
Noodle Restaurant Demolition Death is a great band name.
"Yeah man, I'm going to the N.R.D.D. show tonight, you?"
pronounced "nerd"
I can't make it tonight. I'm going to the Shabby and Chamois show over at Murph'n'Gurp's.
This is insane and awesome!
Totally random... but I just found a CRT Trinitron with original rabbit ears and I shit you not, the original Trinitron sticker on the front of the glass :o
400+ pound television? My spine spontaneously slipped three disks just by watching this video
They seem to all be lifting it properly in the picture, though. Putting the strain in their backs, not on their knees, while making quick, jerking, twisting motions.
Fucking Sony Trinitron man. Heaviest damn monitor I've ever had to deal with.
Felt like the glass was between 3-5” thick on those damn things. It was the closest to being stuck in a stairway I’ve ever been. Like call the fire department stuck.
They were so good though.
My brain buzzed a bit when it was turned on too. That's normal, right?
This was pretty fun to watch. But also kinda hearbreaking. That thing isn't going to last forever. The longer this goes the less excited I am about someone figuring out how to make CRTs as a boutique thing for nerds, but it's also a thing that should happen, even if I'm past my personal vinyl moment where I would overspend like crazy for it.
CRTs have so many advantages!
...ish
Like yeah, a CRT suddenly makes it so all of the fancy filters you have configured on retroarch are no longer necessary, and neither is frame advance for input latency if you're using native hardware or a mistr.
But is it worth it?
....gonna be that guy and say no, for me.
I mean... Depends on goals.
If you want to prevent your TV from getting stolen just get a Trinitron, it's heavy as fuck and old enough where no thief would take thier time to steal it. Mine's 109lbs
I genuinely had to leave a Sony Wega behind when I last moved. It was my landlord's and I would have bought it off of him, but it was just not possible to move it. It was there when I moved in, it stayed there when I moved out. You could make an olive orbit around that gravity well.
Thank you for leading me down this rabbit hole of looking up Wega, which was a German manufacturer of hifi equipment bought by Sony. They apparently made tapedecks for the Sony Elcaset format, which became an even deeper rabbit hole... TIL!
"Oooh, so that's what happened to aiwa."
Is THAT what happened to Aiwa? I had never made the connection.
I didn't even know Wega was in reference to a company they bought. I always thought it referred to their flatscreen trinitons and nothing else.
That thing struggled to keep geometry, but come on, it was a humongous widescreen CRT with stereo speakers that could replicate the Tunguska crater. You gotta love it.
😂 thanks, that's the best reply so far
Displaying basically anything that isn't text.
Really great video! Glad the community was able to help this person out, love stories like this
This was an amazing watch. I’m going to crosspost to a few places to get more eyes.
I love getting my eyes bombarded with the occasional ionization electron beam fired from the electron gun that make it past the phosphorescent screen.
I do not envy some of the ocular conditions some of the old long-time programmers in the industry had, although this is from personal experience. All CRTs generate Xrays, even if later on regulation would attempt to minimize the amount generated. and using them should still mean keeping your distance. The effects it has on your eyes are not instant, specially if you don't use them as part of your job.
A lot of the excessive warning from screens came from this era, where there was an actual risk. Unfortunately, there are planty of antivax-like CRT-radiation deniers, but fortunately, it's no longer a problem.
Sounds like CRTs do produce some radiation but the amount it produces is marginal. Modern CRTs should have leaded glass which should substantially reduce the amount of X-rays you would receive.
The above article says 0.3 microS/hour which is less than one tenth of the radiation you get from an hour of flight, or about 10 hours of sun exposure.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight-time_equivalent_dose#Radiological_exposures_and_limits
So it looks like you will get radiation exposure from CRTs but it is not much higher than background radiation. Bring sedentary for hours in front of a CRT TV is probably worse for you than the radiation you would get from the CRT.
Now consider your typical 40 hour week, for 52 weeks, for several decades. It is higher than background radiation, objectively so. You get 10 hours of sun exposure, you risk sunburn and higher skin cancer rates as it adds up. There have to be dose limits for pilots, 100 hours of flight time per 28 days. For people who were stuck in front of a CRT display, most of the radiation was also focused on their eyes. You got the numbers, now actually think about them.
Sure, but I doubt very many people will get occupational exposure to CRTs these days. The days there might be a tiny CRT on an old oscilloscope, and some retro gaming/computing enthusiasts might have an old CRT but for most people it's likely not a concern.
I see your point that it was more of a concern in the past though.
Radiation builds character!
Kids these days....
Love shank and his videos, and this one was phenomenl. Truly showcases his passion and dedication for something few people would see worthy of saving.
Vintage gaming community.
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