4 stories tagged crt, newest first.
38 points by surprisetalk | 23 comments
A Construction Physics essay tracing the history of plasma display screens from the PLATO system in the 1960s through their rise in TVs and eventual loss to LCD.
529 points by chkhd | 101 comments
An illustrated explainer by Dan Hollick from Making Software on how display screens work, from CRT electron guns to LCD and OLED technology.
![Screenshot of youtube.com: What happened to the world's largest tube TV? [video]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2024/12/23/de5f0871-e7ea-4705-a1b7-883796d3ea1f.jpg)
639 points by ecliptik | 277 comments
A YouTube video by Shank Mods about tracking down and rescuing the Sony KX-45ED1, believed to be the world's largest tube TV.
![Screenshot of youtube.com: The coolest robot I've ever built [video]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2023/11/7/1e43cd69-4fce-44ca-b5d5-5d46431d4caf.jpg)
331 points by superasn | 137 comments
A YouTube video by Thomas Burns showing a homemade robot with animatronic eyes and a small CRT screen as its mouth.