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I don't mean BETTER. That's a different conversation. I mean cooler.

An old CRT display was literally a small scale particle accelerator, firing angry electron beams at light speed towards the viewers, bent by an electromagnet that alternates at an ultra high frequency, stopped by a rounded rectangle of glowing phosphors.

If a CRT goes bad it can actually make people sick.

That's just. Conceptually a lot COOLER than a modern LED panel, which really is just a bajillion very tiny lightbulbs.

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[–] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

A bunch of tiny lightbulbs that use twisted light and quantum mechanics to turn on or off.

[–] yardy_sardley@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

"Steam gauges" on car/plane instrument panels. Yeah, digital displays are cheaper to manufacture and less prone to failure, but they kinda suck the fun out of it.

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Car washes. All those pretty lights and water effects are now replaced with an instant transition.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Phones. From anytime up to and including rotary phones.

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