Emmanuel MedinaOct 9, 2018
Nate Cull (.social)

Unpopular opinion:

I don't miss CRTs and I'm glad we don't have them anymore

Oct 9, 2018 at 9:03pmWeb
Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKOct 9, 2018

@natecull I can understand their appeal for retrogamers, but otherwise they are bulky and heavy and suffer from keystoning/pincushion distortion and all sorts of other problems./

Even Britain's cats have evolved to lie on top on powered VDSL street boxes (and sometimes cheap routers that run warm) now CRTs have mostly disappeared.. 😸

Show thread(h)elfio - chipiguayOct 9, 2018
@natecull I'm glad to have that space back
Show threadstenoweb\corywOct 9, 2018

@natecull

I went on a rampage over the last year or two and now own three big Apple CRTs and, yeah, I agree. Huge effort and low relative payoff compared to what you can get for close to nothing from almost any LCD, on anything that can adapt to VGA.

Most of the vintage computing platforms where it's in some way "important" to have a CRT had small-ish displays that are easier to store, at least.

Show threadlloydOct 9, 2018
@natecull agreed. the only use case i see in 2018 for them is for Extreme Devotion to the Aesthetic