• Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    10 months ago

    As someone who still uses a CRT for specific uses, I feel that you’re misremembering the switch over from CRT to LCD. At the time, LCD were blurry and less vibrant than CRT. Technical advancements have solved this over time.

    Late model CRTs were even flat to eliminate the distortion you’re describing.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      10 months ago

      Sure, but they were thin, flat, and good enough. The desk space savings alone was worth it.

      I remember massive projection screens that took up half of a room. People flocked to wall mounted screens even though the picture was worse.

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      10 months ago

      Resolution took a step back as well, IIRC. The last CRT I had could do 1200 vertical pixels, but I feel like it was years before we saw greater than 768 or 1080 on flat screen displays.