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.
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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.
"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
Might have been in the latest LG news about how much they can access
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
CRTs did break. And they did suffer from burning.
Just buy a non-smart modern TV, you won't need a replacement and it won't connect to the internet.
Please tell me where I can get a modern high-res TV that is NOT smart. I have tried but cannot find them anywhere
I recently bought a Thomson TV that's HD and with no smart features at all. The only downside is that the image contrast is not the best.
Your best bet would be a commercial display. Though it'll be double the price, at least, and you'll need an hdmi switch and a soundbar more like as not.
Give me one specific example of a non smart modern TV that has a decent quality panel please.
There are some that have very little connectivity. They are very expensive commercial units made by Sharp and even Samsung.
What's a quality panel? You mean you can't natively get clear resolution on your TV? Doesn't sound very smart to me.
Are there open source TVs?
Not as far as I know. But there ARE TVs that with no smart features. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJh72_O4pXE
Technically, yes? But don't expect great pictures quality or performance. But this is a good excuse to link a Ben Eater video on the topic 😄 https://youtu.be/l7rce6IQDWs?is=oMqVPCiAFgPo1Yav
I think that's some major rose-colored-glasses thinking. They did break. A child with a magnet could also cause issues, at least on older ones (I say having been said child).
I dropped mine down the stairs, the implosion from the vacuum tube was pretty impressive.
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Our TV was from the early '70s and when you turned it on if you weren't at least 10 ft back the hair would stand up on your arms. I'm sure that thing was definitely giving you a suntan.
Let's not pretend that crts ware better than modern TVs. The picture was shit, the ratio was 4:3 and they had the size and weight of a small car. I can deal with a little upgrade once in a while. And that's not even true as I haven't seen a TV that needs upgrades yet.
There were definitely many 16:9 TVs
There were hd crts towards the end too. Those are excellent for playing games on older hardware without an hdmi port.
Wii entered the chat.
To be honest, I prefer 4:3. I like how square-ish it felt. /srs
radioactive??
electron beams are ionising radiation, yes
More specifically, the (low power) x-rays that are created when the electrons hit the screen and slow down are ionizing. The tube used in an x-ray machine is technically just a simple CRT without the mask, deflection coil, phosphorus and shielding, with the acceleration voltage cranked up a lot higher.
With your normal CRT the voltage isn't high enough to be properly really though, and lack penetration power, so you can shield the tube quite easily. Which is also why it's not actually harmful for you to sit in front of e.g. a CRT monitor.
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They are in the tube. Unless you are in the tube as well, I fail to see the problem. Do you also consider static electricity discharges radioactive?
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"if you go reaching inside me I might just decide to kill you" -CRT
"I accumulated a little bit of dust in me so I decided to start a fire" - my CRT 1996
They're not really radioactive, they emit some X Ray that is absorbed by the lead window that is in front, making them harmless.
I said to myself i'll never have a tv
Can't believe my mother sold ours for a dollar 😭🙏
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