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Console modder hunts down world's largest CRT TV — saves it from noodle restaurant demolition death half the way around the globe (www.tomshardware.com)
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[-] MudMan@fedia.io 11 points 6 months ago

My understanding is there are no new tubes/screens being produced anywhere. The figure out part is the industrial production, not the technology. But hey, if there are any production lines still in operation I'd be very curious to learn about them.

[-] Nilz@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 months ago

I remember seeing the news, the last consumer CRT production facility stopped producing around a decade ago, but I'm having trouble finding the article. They're still being produced for commercial uses though (Boeing 747 cockpits use them for example).

[-] MudMan@fedia.io 1 points 6 months ago

I think those are being built out of existing tube stock, I don't know that anybody is making new tubes. But yeah, basically.

[-] Nilz@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 months ago

There's at least one company still producing them

[-] MudMan@fedia.io 1 points 6 months ago

Man, that gives one hope. But also, the "we're not going anywhere" general tone really paints a picture :D

I wonder how long until it makes sense for someone like that to start making absurdly expensive consumer displays as a side gig.

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