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The biggest CRT ever made: Sony's PVM-4300

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235 points rbanffy | 1 comments | 21 Jun 24 22:22 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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UnreachableCode ◴[22 Jun 24 21:59 UTC] No.40762574[source]▶
So what were “big screen TVs” (which my family never owned) that appeared in movies and tv? I feel like they looked more lightweight than this so I’m assuming they were like Plasma screens? Or maybe that technology was after the pop culture I’m referring to
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ses1984 ◴[22 Jun 24 22:00 UTC] No.40762583[source]▶
Rear projection
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1. geerlingguy ◴[22 Jun 24 22:18 UTC] No.40762705[source]▶
Rear projection TVs were a neat party trick, but I always liked either a projector or screen, or just using a smaller CRT. Even the cheaper sets would give a brighter (and usually slightly sharper) image than even the nicer rear-projection TVs in that era.