CRT screens broke all the time.
the only way to have your privacy protected these days is to be in the epstien files.
https://ca.pcmag.com/tvs/17188/yes-your-tv-is-spying-on-you-heres-how-to-stop-it
for anyone wanting to see where to shut down some features
Spent a few days in an AirBnB with all LGTV’s throughout the house. We never turned them on but today I go on Amazon and its now showing me adverts for the Airbed we briefly talked about in front of the TV -_-
CRTs have fuses that go inside and cause weird picture problems.
You might hurt yourself pretty badly trying to replace the fuse (depending on the TV).
I don’t miss trying to figure out the often undocumented frequencies so X11 wouldn’t nuke them, and some CRTs were horrible, but games made for CRT on a nice Sony are like nothing else. I regret getting rid of my collection for a move.
Yeah except CRTs had terrible resolution per price. Also CRTs asplode - was terrified of them setting the house on fire. Also they radiated. (Old joke that doesn’t translate well: They caused compli-, impli- and mutations). ALSO they’re not really manufactured anymore, so yeah!
Crt tvs broke all the time.
Remember when the tube started to go and you had to leave it on all the time or whack the side of it when you first turned it on for the day, until it warmed up?
I know, right? I’ve gone through like 4 in my lifetime and I haven’t owned any in over a decade lol
I truly despise that we stopped innovating on CRTs when flat panels came along.
There was some hype for nanotube display tech about 20 years ago that was closer to CRTs in picture quality and responsiveness. Unfortunately it seems like LCD/LED has won out over any other tech so far.
https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/motorola-builds-nanotube-based-display/
Having to update my remote before I can mute the TV is not a problem I ever expected to have
But here we are
The way CRTs work is absolutely amazing. You’re basically watching a ray gun shoot you and it’s so quick it looks like a picture. It’s an absolutely wild marvel of engineering.
I repair arcade games and often mention to curious onlookers: “Fifty years of putting miniature particle accelerators in every home and business!”
First question I asked myself when I saw it was, “Why does my TV have an update?”
I bought a TV to watch videos, not the other way around. Promptly disconnected that shit from the internet and it will stay that way.
We had upgraded our tiny crt TV to an LG Flatron crt early in 2000s. That boy was a fucki g machine. Over years only few rcas got wonky but this guy was still working as if we bought it yesterday. Original remote had all buttons working but had all markings erased due to use.
Father changed it to a LED 32" since it was slightly bigger and wide screen. But it would probably outlive me.
The TV has already been fed/plugged in to electric socket. Don’t listen to its BS
“your TV needs to install an update, please connect to the internet”, it says
how did it know it needed an update?
I am 60% sure I have seen this happen IRL
could be a timer set to go off after a month of no internet.
I have seen it mentioned in other threads that they may connect to open hotshots.
I don’t know how true this is, but it would make sense.I am 99.9% sure that is true, I just don’t remember exactly which source I saw it in
Was it the gamersnexus video?
Might have been in the latest LG news about how much they can access
