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

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235 points rbanffy | 5 comments | 21 Jun 24 22:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.693s | source
1. marcus0x62 ◴[23 Jun 24 01:29 UTC] No.40763857[source]▶
I had a 21” Viewsonic in the late 90s, with an enormous (for the time) 1600x1200 resolution. It weighed around 60 pounds. My desk sagged in the middle from the weight of the monitor.
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2. AuryGlenz ◴[23 Jun 24 01:49 UTC] No.40763983[source]▶
I had something similar, though it was maybe a Trinitron? The glass was also flat. It was a long, long time until it felt worth it to “upgrade” to an LCD screen.
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3. ahonhn ◴[23 Jun 24 03:03 UTC] No.40764415[source]▶
I threw out a 17" Trinitron last year. It had outlived all of the flatscreens bought to replace it and was still working, but after ~23 years the plastic casing was dangerously brittle. It left a trail of little bits of broken plastic all the way to the dumpster.
4. FpUser ◴[23 Jun 24 03:28 UTC] No.40764531[source]▶
Yup, I had that one too.
5. marcus0x62 ◴[23 Jun 24 18:02 UTC] No.40769291[source]▶
The trinitrons were great, but way beyond my budget at the time. I seem to remember at work we had a nice Trinitron with a flat screen that had 13w3 and vga inputs. IIRC, it was bought as a "budget" monitor for a Sun workstation, but was still like twice as much as my Viewsonic.