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throw0101d ◴[22 Jun 24 22:24 UTC] No.40762764[source]▶

As one of my last monitors before LCDs took over, I had a 21-inch Sun, and boy was that sucker heavy (>30 kgs (>65 lbs)):

* https://dogemicrosystems.ca/pub/Sun/System_Handbook/Sun_sysh...

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1. hakfoo ◴[23 Jun 24 04:22 UTC] No.40764768[source]▶

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This was my last CRT too. I bought mine from the local university's sale of scrap goods, a few months after spending $350 on a 19" LCD which paled in comparison.

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2. jajko ◴[23 Jun 24 07:29 UTC] No.40765431[source]▶

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Yeah same here, bought cheap used 21" from some design studio around 2002 i think. Barely fit keyboard on campus desk in front of it, but Counter strike while smoking some weed was very absorbing.

One of benefits of CRT was they flawlessly handled lower resolutions in a way impossible for LCDs. Very much required for the hardware of that era.

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