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Television is 100 years old today

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Re: Television is 100 years old today

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Post by G_o_D »

I still only have CRT, No matter how much i browse shopping sites or visit showrooms, i cannot make up my mind buying newer tv, lcd, led, plasma, oled etc, so much new technologies have arrived but i have'nt tried them for TV Yet as of today

My tv's have gone through real stress test in real life unlike factories

During childhood, we had our tv Switched on in morning 4:00 till 22:00 at night, constantly being watched 16-18 hrs a day during weekends and vacations (45 days), while least 10hrs a day during weekdays , for last 22 years

I only had 2 crt in my 30yrs of lifetime, Sansui and Samsung, channel broadcasters being changed from Tetrestrial Channels --> FTA Antenna --> Cable Tv --> Satellite Dish from time to time

Newer tv cannot cope up with such lenghty watchtimes,

Still RCA Only, no HDMI, Tv still have its Radio Antenna port on top

Re: Television is 100 years old today

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Post by GoatInGrey »

G_o_D wrote: post #181

I still only have CRT, No matter how much i browse shopping sites or visit showrooms, i cannot make up my mind buying newer tv, lcd, led, plasma, oled etc, so much new technologies have arrived but i have'nt tried them for TV Yet as of today My tv's have gone through real stress test in real life unlike factories During childhood, we had our tv Switched on in morning 4:00 till 22:00 at night, constantly being watched…

CRTs are a very interesting display technology with their refresh rate and clarity. I'd like to see an "HD" CRT someday, and however many tons it would weigh!

Re: Television is 100 years old today

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Post by jen20 »

GoatInGrey wrote: post #182
G_o_D wrote: post #181

I still only have CRT, No matter how much i browse shopping sites or visit showrooms, i cannot make up my mind buying newer tv, lcd, led, plasma, oled etc, so much new technologies have arrived but i have'nt tried them for TV Yet as of today My tv's have gone through real stress test in real life unlike factories During childhood, we had our tv Switched on in morning 4:00 till 22:00 at night, constantly being watched…

CRTs are a very interesting display technology with their refresh rate and clarity. I'd like to see an "HD" CRT someday, and however many tons it would weigh!

Until very recently I had a Bang and Olufsen CRT, and it was by far the best picture I’ve ever seen. Unfortunately “small” (32”) yet simultaneously weighed a ton.

Re: Television is 100 years old today

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Post by bobthepanda »

tzs wrote: post #174

I've sometimes wondered how things would have been different if the TV pioneers had went with circular CRTs instead of rounded rectangles. Circles would have had a couple of advantages. First, I believe they would have been easier to make. From what I've read rectangles have more stress at the corners. Rounding the corners reduces that but it is still more than circles have. With circles they could have more easily m…

Circles don’t pack together well. And they need a different solution for standing up.

Re: Television is 100 years old today

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Post by zapataband2 »

G_o_D wrote: post #181

I still only have CRT, No matter how much i browse shopping sites or visit showrooms, i cannot make up my mind buying newer tv, lcd, led, plasma, oled etc, so much new technologies have arrived but i have'nt tried them for TV Yet as of today My tv's have gone through real stress test in real life unlike factories During childhood, we had our tv Switched on in morning 4:00 till 22:00 at night, constantly being watched…

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Post by zapataband2 »

sosomoxie wrote: post #64

CRTs are peak steam punk technology. Analog, electric, kinda dangerous. Just totally mindblowing that we had these things in our living rooms shooting electric beams everywhere. I doubt it's environmentally friendly at all, but I'd love to see some new CRTs being made.

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Re: Television is 100 years old today

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Post by zdc1 »

G_o_D wrote: post #181

I still only have CRT, No matter how much i browse shopping sites or visit showrooms, i cannot make up my mind buying newer tv, lcd, led, plasma, oled etc, so much new technologies have arrived but i have'nt tried them for TV Yet as of today My tv's have gone through real stress test in real life unlike factories During childhood, we had our tv Switched on in morning 4:00 till 22:00 at night, constantly being watched…

How do you feel about having so much screentime?

Re: Television is 100 years old today

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Post by hahahahhaah »

bobthepanda wrote: post #184
tzs wrote: post #174

I've sometimes wondered how things would have been different if the TV pioneers had went with circular CRTs instead of rounded rectangles. Circles would have had a couple of advantages. First, I believe they would have been easier to make. From what I've read rectangles have more stress at the corners. Rounding the corners reduces that but it is still more than circles have. With circles they could have more easily m…

Circles don’t pack together well. And they need a different solution for standing up.

Circle tube, rectangle case.

Re: Television is 100 years old today

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Post by Teknoman117 »

Avalaxy wrote: post #87

Does anyone here still have television? Ever since I moved out of my parents house (15 years ago), I never had a TV subscription. I did own a TV screen, but only to run apps like Netflix and Youtube. I'd rather have a simple monitor without the TV options to do so, but strangely that never existed or was too expensive. Edit: to make it clear, I absolutely did not miss having TV for even a second in all of those years…

I have a TV because it's a nicer group experience than everyone viewing something via their personal device - whether that is cuddling up with a partner on the couch to watch a movie, or crowding around the TV with friends to play 8-way Super Smash Bros.

Re: Television is 100 years old today

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Post by hahahahhaah »

lifeisstillgood wrote: post #167
retrac wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a synchronous and instantaneous nature you don't find in modern designs. The image is not stored at any point. The receiver and the transmitter are part of the same electric circuit in a certain sense. It's a virtual circuit but the entire thing - transmitter and receiving unit alike - are oscillating in unison driven by a single clock. The image is never entirely realized as a complete thing, either. While s…

>>> The image is not stored at any point. The very first computers (Manchester baby) used CRTs as memory - the ones and zeros were bright spots on a “mesh” and the electric charge on the mesh was read and resent back to the crt to keep the ram fresh (a sorta self refreshing ram)

Why didn't that catch on pre-transistor? Feels like you'd get higher density than valves and relays.
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